Balcom Avenue & Barkley Avenue

Balcom Avenue and Barkley Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 304 Early Childhood School is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Huntington Av, is 940 feet away for the Bx5 and BxM8, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings.

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Balcom Avenue & Barkley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Huntington Av, 940 feet away, for the Bx5 and BxM8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Huntington Av Bx5, BxM8
    940 feet
    Bx5 BxM8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …
  2. BxM8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Lafayette Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2884 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10465
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. X101 Edward R. Byrne School
    1,200 feet
  2. P.S. 304 Early Childhood School
    1,200 feet
  3. P.S. X010 School
    1,200 feet
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  1. These Our Treasures Preschool
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bruckner Playground
    1,120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Throggs Neck Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.