Balcom Avenue & Ericson Place

Balcom Avenue and Ericson Place meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bronx River High School is 550 feet away, and Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Middletown Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Middletown Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
East Tremont Av/Hutchinson River Pkwy · Bx42
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Balcom Avenue & Ericson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Middletown Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cross-Bronx Waterway” (2015) by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi at the Middletown Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Hutchinson River Pkwy, 820 feet away, for the Bx42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Hutchinson River Pkwy Bx42
    820 feet
    Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Balcom Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ericson Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx River High School
    550 feet
  2. Herbert H. Lehman High School
    550 feet
  3. Pelham Lab High School
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts School
    550 feet
  2. Schuylerville Preparatory High School
    550 feet
  3. Westchester Square Academy School
    550 feet
  4. Our Children First Preschool
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel H. Young Park
    870 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Throggs Neck House of worship
    460 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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:

See every intersection along Balcom Avenue, Edwards Avenue, Ericson Place or Hutchinson River Parkway.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.