Independence Avenue & West 237th Street

Independence Avenue and West 237th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Independence Av/W 236 St, is 370 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Independence Av/W 236 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & West 237th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Independence Av/W 236 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 237 St & Hudson Manor Terrace 12 docks in all
    700 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. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2023

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
201 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 1,900 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 between 1954 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 74 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 237th Street

  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    170 feet
  2. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    420 feet
  3. P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil School
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Horizons at Riverdale Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Playground
    280 feet
  2. Spuyten Duyvil Playground
    940 feet
  3. Seton Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Riverdale Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 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 and 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 237th 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.