Oak Avenue & Balsam Place
Oak Avenue and Balsam Place 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. St Frances de Chantal School is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Harding Av/Throgs Neck Blvd, is 1,000 feet away for the Bx40, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Harding Av/Throgs Neck Blvd, 1,000 feet away, for the Bx40.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Harding Av/Throgs Neck Blvd Bx401,000 feetBx40
Next buses at this stop
- Bx40 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Throgs Neck Expressway & Harding Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 4147 Throgs Neck Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 30 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
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 1921 and 1950.
Trees
Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- St Frances de Chantal School1,250 feet
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 of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Oak Avenue & Aster Place 150 feet
- Meagher Avenue & Balsam Place 180 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Oak Avenue 210 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Kearney Avenue 280 feet
- Chaffee Avenue & Oak Avenue 310 feet
- Meagher Avenue & Aster Place 310 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Maple Avenue 370 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Meagher Avenue 370 feet
See every intersection along Balsam Place or Oak Avenue.