Lacombe Avenue & Torry Avenue

Lacombe Avenue and Torry 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Randall Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, is 570 feet away for the Bx22, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av · Bx22
Within a walk
5 places
1 garden, 1 nature area and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lacombe Avenue & Torry Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, 570 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av Bx22
    570 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, 1.1 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 two crashes 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 December 2025.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 1965.

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

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the dawn redwood and the maidenhair tree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pugsley Creek Park Nature area
    620 feet
  2. Karol's Urban Farm - Castle Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet
  3. Castle Hill Park
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Randall Playground
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Mango Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lacombe Avenue or Torry 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.