West Farms Road & Boone Avenue

West Farms Road and Boone Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Daniel Boone Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
West Farms Rd/Jennings St · Bx35
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Farms Road & Boone Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    1,060 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Farms Rd/Jennings St, 250 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Farms Rd/Jennings St Bx35
    250 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Farms Rd & Boone Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boone Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Farms Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    550 feet
  2. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. X811 School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Boone Playground
    40 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    480 feet
  3. Starlight Park
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boone Avenue or West Farms Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.