Independence Avenue & West 239th Street

Independence Avenue and West 239th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Independence Av/W 236 St, is 900 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, six of them religious buildings.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Independence Av/W 236 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & West 239th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Independence Av/W 236 St, 900 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

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

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
194 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1954 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 89 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and April 2025; 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 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 9 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Independence Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 6 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of West 239th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    690 feet
  2. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Playground
    800 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Riverdale Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Independence Avenue or West 239th 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.