Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil

Neighborhood · Bronx

Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil covers the hilly northwest Bronx above the Hudson River, from Spuyten Duyvil, on the Harlem River, north through Riverdale and Fieldston.

  • 2.26 square miles
  • 47,927 residents, 2020 Census
  • 315 street corners
  • 10 bus routes

Wealthy New Yorkers built country estates on these heights from the late 1820s, and the area joined New York City in 1874. Fieldston, developed by the owners of the Delafield estate from 1909 with winding roads that follow the terrain, became a historic district in 2006, while Wave Hill, whose historic estate homes stand on a high ridge over the river, has been a public garden since 1965. Spuyten Duyvil's Dutch name, rendered as spouting devil among other readings, refers to the strong tidal currents there.

Sources: Fieldston Historic District, Bronx (LP-2138), Designation List 370 (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Our Mission & History (Wave Hill); Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx (Wikipedia).

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Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil borders two areas, and Henry Hudson Parkway holds more of its corners than any other street, 36 of 315.

Street map of Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, outlined among Kingsbridge-Marble Hill and Van Cortlandt Park, with Riverdale Park.Van Cortlandt ParkKingsbridge-Marble Hill
  • Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on ten routes stop in or at the edge of Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil.

  • 6 local bus routes
  • 4 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx1
  • Bx2
  • Bx7
  • Bx9
  • Bx10
  • Bx20

Express bus routes

  • BxM1
  • BxM2
  • BxM3
  • BxM18

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 644 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 2.0 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 138 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 39 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
22
Leading pedestrian intervals
20
Enhanced crossings
8
Turn calming
4
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
3
Safety Improvement Projects
3

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 29,369 school-zone speed camera tickets at 12 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 47,927 residents in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, about 21,200 per square mile.

  • 21,812 homes, 2020 Census
  • 797 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 2,480 residential lots hold buildings from 1940 or earlier, and 49% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
122.2 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Riverdale Park (49.5 acres), Wave Hill (21 acres) and Seton Park (11.7 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Christ Church, the Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory, the Riverdale Presbyterian Church and the Riverdale Presbyterian Chapel, among others
Historic districts
Fieldston and Riverdale, wholly or partly within Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil

Streets and trees

Trees
5,328 in NYC Parks' records, most often Norway maple, pin oak and black locust
Street with the most corners
Henry Hudson Parkway, with 36 of the area's 315
Height above sea level
From 18 feet at Riverdale Avenue & West 230th Street to 276 feet at Grosvenor Avenue & Goodridge Avenue
Honorary street names
4 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 23 schools and two libraries in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil.

Public schools
7
Charter and private schools
16
Libraries
Riverdale Library and Spuyten Duyvil Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 16 bike-share stations stand in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil. The City's public art inventory lists two works in the area: Riverdale, Spuytenduyvil, Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower (1931); and Henry Hudson Memorial (1938).

  • 16 bike-share stations
  • 2 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 415 major felonies at places in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil

  • 476 major felonies in 2024 61 fewer in 2025
  • 950 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, the NYPD recorded another 70 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 10.1 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil.

Police precinct
50th
Major felonies recorded at places in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 197 major felonies at places in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, against 193 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.