West Farms Road & Cross Bronx Expressway

West Farms Road and Cross Bronx Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Starlight Park is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2010 and 2021, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
Boston Rd/Vyse Av · Bx21
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Farms Road & Cross Bronx Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    1,250 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 “Animal Tracks” (2004) by Naomi Campbell at the West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Vyse Av, 1,110 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Vyse Av Bx21
    1,110 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Vyse Ave & Boston Rd 19 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 2010 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 1,044 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    910 feet
  2. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1946 Boston Road Pre-K center
    920 feet
  3. Emolior Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 214 School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starlight Park
    900 feet
  2. Starlight Park Playground
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Cross Bronx Expressway or West Farms Road.

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