Arlington Avenue & West 249th Street

Arlington Avenue and West 249th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Adath Israel of Riverdale Synagogue is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 249 St, is 610 feet away for the Bx7 and Bx10, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 249 St · Bx7, Bx10
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arlington Avenue & West 249th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 249 St, 610 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 249 St Bx7, Bx10
    610 feet
    Bx7 Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
158 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 400 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 in 1961.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 249th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 249th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Medieval Revival. They were mostly built between 1901 and 1929.

  1. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine 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
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni School
    640 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Perkins Visitor Center & Shop in Wave Hill Park feature
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adath Israel of Riverdale Synagogue House of worship
    890 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or West 249th Street.

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