Southern Boulevard & East 163rd Street

Southern Boulevard and East 163rd Street meet at a five-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them schools, and 28 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East 163rd Street, all day.

Safety record
36 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
240 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hunts Point Av/E 163 St · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
5 schools, 3 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & East 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    240 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hunts Point Av/E 163 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/E 163 St Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    40 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

East 163rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard.

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bruckner Blvd & Faile St 24 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 430 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1163 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 295 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Southern Boulevard (west side).

North side of East 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of East 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217849, 220375, 220376 and 221894.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Healthcare School Trade or language school
    360 feet
  2. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists School
    550 feet
  3. Accion Academy School
    1,230 feet
Show all 6
  1. School of Performing Arts School
    1,230 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    1,230 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monsignor Raul Del Valle Square
    170 feet
  2. Black Joy Farm Garden
    460 feet
  3. Mildred T. Rhodebeck Garden (Garden of Eden) Garden
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. New Hoe Avenue Garden
    940 feet
  2. Printers Park Playground (South Area) Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Printers Park
    1,140 feet
  4. Lyons Square Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Del Valle Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Rail Station Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Hunts Point Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 887 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 163rd Street, Hunts Point Avenue or Southern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.