Irwin Avenue & West 234th Street

Irwin Avenue and West 234th Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ewen Park is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Riverdale Av/W 231 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irwin Avenue & West 234th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 231 St, 1,210 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 231 St Bx1, Bx2
    1,210 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tibbett Ave & W 234 St 21 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Van Cortlandt Park South & Putnam Avenue West, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 January 2026.

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)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irwin Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 234th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 234th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. Milton Fein School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    910 feet
  2. Ewen Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Manhattanville Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kingsbridge Israel Center House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and 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 Irwin Avenue or West 234th 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.