Southern Boulevard & East 172nd Street

Southern Boulevard and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named Casa Boricua Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Seabury Playground is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Southern Blvd/E 172 St · Bx19
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 172 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 172 St Bx19
    40 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 172nd Street and Southern Boulevard.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Casa Boricua Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Casa Boricua Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 172nd Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    990 feet
  3. Samara Community School Pre-K
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    1,190 feet
  2. Bronx Envision Academy School
    1,190 feet
  3. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    1,190 feet
  4. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seabury Playground
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd Street 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.