Fieldston Road & West 238th Street

Fieldston Road and West 238th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bell Tower Park is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Riverdale Av/W 238 St · Bx7
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fieldston Road & West 238th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 238 St, 390 feet away, for the Bx7.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 238 St Bx7 · Shelter
    390 feet
    Bx7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 238 St & Riverdale Ave 16 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

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

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

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
154 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1967.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 238th Street (north side).

East side of Fieldston Road

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fieldston Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 238th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207703 and 208078.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Little Daydreamers Learning Center 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacLaughlin Playground
    360 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    890 feet
  3. Brust Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower Listed historic place
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fieldston Road or West 238th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.