Swinton Avenue & Gifford Avenue

Swinton Avenue and Gifford Avenue 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. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Gifford Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx5, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Swinton Avenue & Gifford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Gifford Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Gifford Av Bx5
    60 feet
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway at Bruckner Boulevard & Graff Avenue, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Mayflower Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2018.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the hawthorn.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

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