Southern Boulevard & Louis Nine Boulevard

Southern Boulevard and Louis Nine Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Synergi Urban Garden is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Southern Blvd/Freeman St · Bx19
Within a walk
26 places
16 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Louis Nine Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    90 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. Whitlock Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Simpson 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/Freeman St, 160 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Freeman St Bx19
    160 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Freeman St & Southern Blvd 23 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 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 1991 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 187 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Louis Nine Boulevard

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 4 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 5 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

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    320 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    500 feet
  2. Freeman Garden
    500 feet
  3. Model T Community Garden
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 17 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 Louis Nine Boulevard 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.