Southern Boulevard & Jennings Street

Southern Boulevard and Jennings Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School is 1,070 feet away, and P.S. X811 is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Southern Blvd/Jennings St · Bx19
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Jennings Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    830 feet
    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. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Jennings St Bx19
    40 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hoe Ave & Jennings St 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
51 feet above sea level

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 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1986 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 236 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. X811 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    1,250 feet
  2. Freeman Garden
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jennings Street or Southern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.