Arlington Avenue & West 247th Street

Arlington Avenue and West 247th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, is 750 feet away for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arlington Avenue & West 247th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, 750 feet away, for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
    750 feet
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6161 Broadway Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 October 2015.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10471
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
Elevation
147 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1961.

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sycamore maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 247th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 247th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Gothic Revival and Late-20th century Modern. They were mostly built between 1863 and 1978.

  1. Greyston Gatehouse Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E. Dodge House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or West 247th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.