Balcom Avenue & Schurz Avenue
Balcom Avenue and Schurz Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Preston High School is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Schurz Av/Huntington Av, is 430 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Schurz Av/Huntington Av, 430 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Schurz Av/Huntington Av Bx40, Bx42430 feetBx40 Bx42
Next buses at this stop
- Bx40 …
- Bx42 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Throgs Neck Expressway & Harding Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4147 Throgs Neck Expressway Gas station1 mile
- 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.
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
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Preston High School520 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Ferry Point Park1,260 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Schurz Avenue & Huntington Avenue 270 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Graff Avenue 290 feet
- Harding Avenue & Balcom Avenue 400 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Brinsmade Avenue 520 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Buttrick Avenue 550 feet
- Harding Avenue & Huntington Avenue 630 feet
- Harding Avenue & Graff Avenue 690 feet
- Balcom Avenue & Lawton Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Balcom Avenue or Schurz Avenue.