Fairfield Avenue & West 227th Street

Fairfield Avenue and West 227th 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. The statue “Henry Hudson Memorial” is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 227 St, is 310 feet away for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1 and two more, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat.

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Fairfield Avenue & West 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 227 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 227 St Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    310 feet
    Bx10 Bx20 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy E & W 231 St 12 docks in all
    1,220 feet

By car

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

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

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 July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
Elevation
210 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fairfield Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fairfield Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 227th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Henry Hudson Park.

  1. Henry Hudson Memorial Statue by Karl Gruppe and Karl Bitter, 1938
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yearling Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Kinneret Day School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Phyllis Post Goodman Park
    510 feet

Health care

  1. New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2600 Netherland Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.