Randall Avenue & Clarence Avenue
Randall Avenue and Clarence Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. The corner is also named Betty Lou Scherf Murphy Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Life Skills Preschool Clarence Ave is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clarence Av/Randall Av, is 50 feet away for the Bx8 and BxM9, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Clarence Av/Randall Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx8 and BxM9.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Clarence Av/Randall Av Bx8, BxM950 feetBx8 BxM9
Next buses at this stop
- Bx8 …
- BxM9 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Throgs Neck Expressway northbound at Lafayette Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 4147 Throgs Neck Expressway Gas station0.9 miles
- 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers2.1 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2021.
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
- 14 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Betty Lou Scherf Murphy Corner, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Betty Lou Scherf Murphy Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Clarence Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
West side of Clarence Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Randall Avenue
- Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Randall Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Life Skills Preschool Clarence Ave School1,000 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Randall Avenue & Wilcox Avenue 260 feet
- Randall Avenue & Vincent Avenue 520 feet
- Clarence Avenue & Schley Avenue 780 feet
- Randall Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue 780 feet
- Clarence Avenue & Philip Avenue 800 feet
- Schley Avenue & Wilcox Avenue 1,040 feet
- Dean Avenue & Philip Avenue 1,050 feet
- Wilcox Avenue & Philip Avenue 1,060 feet
See every intersection along Clarence Avenue or Randall Avenue.