Douglas Avenue & West 247th Street

Douglas 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 Park is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, is 0.4 miles away for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. Within 820 feet are 26 homes, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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
0.4 miles
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
2 places
1 listed historic place and 1 nature area, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Douglas 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, 0.4 miles 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
    0.4 miles
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

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. 6161 Broadway Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 26 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the sycamore maple.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian and Italianate, one each, and built between 1858 and 1864.

  1. William E. and Melissa Phelps Dodge House, Greyston Designated landmark
    500 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Park Nature area
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E. Dodge House Listed historic place
    580 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.