Independence Avenue & Kappock Street

Independence Avenue and Kappock Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Paul's Playground is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av · Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
9 places
3 playgrounds, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & Kappock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    120 feet
    Bx10 Bx20 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kappock St & Independence Ave 18 docks in all
    70 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. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more 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 May 2026.

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
152 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1959.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 138 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 62 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Independence Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Independence Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Independence Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Independence Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Kappock Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Eclectic, and built between 1888 and 1889.

Monuments and public art

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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Renanim Manhattan Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Henry Hudson Park
    110 feet
  2. Paul's Playground
    120 feet
  3. Henry Hudson Playground (West) Playground
    270 feet
Show all 6
  1. Phyllis Post Goodman Park
    560 feet
  2. Henry Hudson Playground (North) Playground
    650 feet
  3. Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park Nature area
    800 feet

Health care

  1. Independence Care Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Independence Avenue or Kappock 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.