Balcom Avenue & Miles Avenue
Balcom Avenue and Miles Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx, at the edge of Ferry Point Park-St. Raymond Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ferry Point Park is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Harding Av/Balcom Av, is 800 feet away for the Bx42, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Harding Av/Balcom Av, 800 feet away, for the Bx42.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Harding Av/Balcom Av Bx42800 feetBx42
Next buses at this stop
- Bx42 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 4147 Throgs Neck Expressway Gas station0.9 miles
- 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.
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; the corner is on the edge of the Ferry Point Park-St. Raymond Cemetery area
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1996.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Balcom Avenue
- Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Miles Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Ferry Point Park80 feet
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Miles Avenue & Huntington Avenue 270 feet
- Miles Avenue & Graff Avenue 280 feet
- Balcom Avenue & Lawton Avenue 430 feet
- Miles Avenue & Brinsmade Avenue 530 feet
- Miles Avenue & Buttrick Avenue 550 feet
- Balcom Avenue & Sampson Avenue 680 feet
- Lawton Avenue & Huntington Avenue 700 feet
- Harding Avenue & Balcom Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along Balcom Avenue or Miles Avenue.