Schurz Avenue & Brinsmade Avenue
Schurz Avenue and Brinsmade Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. The corner is also named Preston High School Way 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. Preston High School is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Schurz Av/Huntington Av, is 110 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Schurz Av/Huntington Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Schurz Av/Huntington Av Bx40, Bx42110 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4147 Throgs Neck Expressway Gas station0.9 miles
- 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers2.6 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 November 2023.
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
- 17 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Preston High School Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).
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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1964.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Preston High School Way.
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
- Preston High School170 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Schurz Avenue & Huntington Avenue 260 feet
- Schurz Avenue & Swinton Avenue 290 feet
- Harding Avenue & Brinsmade Avenue 360 feet
- Swinton Avenue & Collis Place 480 feet
- Balcom Avenue & Schurz Avenue 520 feet
- Harding Avenue & Huntington Avenue 620 feet
- Harding Avenue & Swinton Avenue 620 feet
- Calhoun Avenue & Schurz Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Brinsmade Avenue or Schurz Avenue.