Arlington Avenue & West 254th Street

Arlington Avenue and West 254th 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. Vinmont Veteran Park is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 254 St, is 600 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1948, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Riverdale Av/W 254 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arlington Avenue & West 254th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 254 St, 600 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 254 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1 · Shelter
    600 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx10 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 February 2026.

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
185 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1939 and 1948.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Arlington Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Arlington Avenue

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 254th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 254th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and built between 1853 and 1960.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Aspect International Language School Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. Salanter Akiba Riverdale Acad School
    1,160 feet
  3. Sinai - Special Needs Institute School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vinmont Veteran Park
    620 feet
  2. Hackett Park
    620 feet
  3. Vinmont Veteran Park Playground
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or West 254th 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, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.