Independence Avenue & West 235th Street

Independence Avenue and West 235th 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 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Independence Av/W 236 St, is 420 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them playgrounds.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Independence Av/W 236 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
12 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & West 235th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Independence Av/W 236 St, 420 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Independence Av/W 236 St Bx10, Bx20
    420 feet
    Bx10 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2022

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
184 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1954 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 235th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 235th Street

  • No parking 8 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

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil School
    350 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Riverdale Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seton Park
    230 feet
  2. Spuyten Duyvil Playground
    470 feet
  3. Riverdale Playground
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Raoul Wallenberg Forest Nature area
    810 feet
  2. Seton Park Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Library
    260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    660 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Independence Avenue or West 235th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.