Lacombe Avenue & Effingham Avenue

Lacombe Avenue and Effingham Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Havemeyer Garden Association is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, is 630 feet away for the Bx22, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them gardens.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av · Bx22
Within a walk
3 places
2 gardens and 1 ambulance station, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lacombe Avenue & Effingham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, 630 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av Bx22
    630 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lacombe Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10473
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1959 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development.

Trees

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Karol's Urban Farm - Castle Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    60 feet
  2. Havemeyer Garden Association Garden
    340 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 3 Ambulance station
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Mango Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

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

See every intersection along Effingham Avenue or Lacombe Avenue.

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