Driveway-load pickups for the 1930s-50s detached homes east of the Bruckner — garages, basements, garage attics. Italian-American parish corridor, third-generation estate cleanouts, and an old guard that's lived here since the IRT first ran out to Pelham Bay Park.
Photo of the item — driveway, garage, or basement bilco, we load straight off the truck
Upload Photos & Get Quote →Pelham Bay is the most suburban neighborhood in the Bronx. East of the Bruckner Expressway, west of the park, the streets are detached 1930s-1950s single-family brick and frame homes — modest two-story houses with side driveways, attached one- or two-car garages, and the kind of small backyard you'd recognize from Long Island. Property turnover is slow; many homes have been in the same Italian-American family for two or three generations.
The commercial spine runs along Westchester Avenue and Crosby Avenue under the elevated 6 train — bakeries, salumerie, fish markets, the kind of small storefronts that have anchored the parish-corner economy here for decades. St. Theresa and St. Benedict still pull a working congregation. Demographically, the Italian-American old guard remains the largest household type, alongside a growing Albanian and Hispanic population.
The big-picture operational difference between Pelham Bay and the rest of the Bronx: no stairs. We back the truck up the driveway and load directly from the garage, the porch, or the basement bilco. Trucks come in via the Bruckner (Exit 9, Pelham Pkwy / Pelham Bay) or down Westchester Avenue from Throgs Neck.
What the engine quotes. No "single-family rate," no "garage cleanout aggregate." Same flat-rate items as Manhattan or Brooklyn — driveway loading is just faster for the crew, not different in price.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Sofa | $159 |
| Sectional (4-piece) | $307 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| King mattress | $154 |
| Dining table (6–8 seat) | $139 |
| Wardrobe / armoire | $165 |
| Refrigerator | $171 |
| Washer/dryer combo | $175 |
| Treadmill | $155 |
| TV (42–65") | $91 |
| Truck-fill (1/4) | $295 |
| Truck-fill (1/2) | $525 |
| Truck-fill (full — basement/garage) | $895 |
$75 minimum. 10% off on 5+ items. Garage and basement cleanouts priced as truck-fill once volume exceeds 8 items.
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