Independence Avenue & West 240th Street

Independence Avenue and West 240th Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Independence Av/W 236 St, is 1,200 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Independence Av/W 236 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Independence Avenue & West 240th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Independence Av/W 236 St, 1,200 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Independence Av/W 236 St Bx10, Bx20
    1,200 feet
    Bx10 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 docks in all
    60 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
    1 mile
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
183 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1958 and 1963.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    1,000 feet
  2. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

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

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Independence Avenue or West 240th 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 Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.