Independence Avenue & West 232nd Street

Independence Avenue and West 232nd Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Seton Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 232 St, is 270 feet away for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
710 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 232 St · Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 nature areas and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & West 232nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 232 St, 270 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 232 St Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1 · Shelter
    270 feet
    Bx10 Bx20 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 235 St & Independence Ave 18 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
186 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 1,000 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 1953 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Independence Avenue

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

West side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 232nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 232nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nature areas
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Riverdale Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Renanim Manhattan Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bedrock Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seton Park
    70 feet
  2. Riverdale Park Nature area
    890 feet
  3. Henry Hudson Park
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Spuyten Duyvil Playground
    1,230 feet
  2. Henry Hudson Playground (North) Playground
    1,260 feet
  3. Raoul Wallenberg Forest Nature area
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Hudson Pointe at Riverdale Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Library
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Independence Avenue or West 232nd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.