Delafield Avenue & West 256th Street

Delafield Avenue and West 256th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Vinmont Veteran Park is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 256 St, is 320 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Riverdale Av/W 256 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Delafield Avenue & West 256th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 256 St, 320 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 256 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    320 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 258 St 18 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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
144 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 between 1948 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Delafield Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Delafield Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 256th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen School
    390 feet
  2. Riverdale Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Jasmin Educational Enterprises Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vinmont Veteran Park
    720 feet
  2. Vinmont Veteran Park Playground
    930 feet
  3. Hackett Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverdale Library
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale YM-YWHA Recreation center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Older adult center at 5625 Arlington Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Delafield Avenue or West 256th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.