Independence Avenue & Sigma Place

Independence Avenue and Sigma Place meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Independence Avenue & Sigma Place

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
176 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 900 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 in 1961.

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.