Fieldston Road & West 245th Street

Fieldston Road and West 245th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Fieldston Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Brust Park Playground is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 246 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools.

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Fieldston Road & West 245th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 246 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 246 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    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. W 238 St & Riverdale Ave 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

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. 6161 Broadway Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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
167 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 110 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fieldston Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fieldston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 76 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1924 and 1935.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Ethical Culture Fieldston LS School
    680 feet
  3. Ethical Culture Fieldston MS School
    680 feet
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  1. Ethical Culture Fieldston School
    680 feet
  2. Atmosphere Academy Public CS High School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brust Park Playground
    660 feet
  2. Brust Park
    670 feet

Health care

  1. Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 52/Ladder 52 Fire station
    1,290 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 and a signal or safety change.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.