Henry Hudson Parkway West & West 247th Street

Henry Hudson Parkway West and West 247th 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 Engine 52/Ladder 52 firehouse is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, is 320 feet away for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1,050 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Hudson Parkway West & 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, 320 feet 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
    320 feet
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 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, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6161 Broadway Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
177 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Henry Hudson Parkway West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 247th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 48 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built between 1923 and 1936.

  1. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex Listed historic place
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 52/Ladder 52 Fire station
    1,060 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway West or West 247th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.