Manhattan College Parkway & Post Road

Manhattan College Parkway and Post Road meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Van Cortlandt Park is 270 feet away, and Parade Ground in Van Cortlandt Park is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them park features, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Van Cortlandt Park-242 St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Broadway/W 242 St · Bx9
Within a walk
13 places
3 park features, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan College Parkway & Post Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1
    240 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 242 St, 280 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 242 St Bx9
    280 feet
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 242 St 23 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Van Cortlandt Park South & Putnam Avenue West, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,030 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1924 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 4 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 8pm on Manhattan College Parkway (both sides).

West side of Manhattan College Parkway

  • No standing 19 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204043, 210325 and 213605.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Medieval Revival and Mediterranean Revival, and built between 1911 and 1927.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Cortlandt Park.

  1. Van Cortlandt Memorial Grove (39 tablets) Tree markers, 1949
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public Charter School Annex 2 School
    810 feet
  2. Little Sunshine Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Horace Mann School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Horace Mann Upper School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    270 feet
  2. Memorial Grove in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    470 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Parade Ground in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 242nd Street - van Cortlandt Park Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt House Museum
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Cortlandt Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    580 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Pool Swimming pool
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Manhattan College Parkway or Post Road.

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