Manhattan College Parkway & Waldo Avenue

Manhattan College Parkway and Waldo Avenue (north) meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Fieldston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brust Park is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Cortlandt Park-242 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Broadway/W 240 St · Bx9
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Manhattan College Parkway & Waldo Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 240 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Bx9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 240 St Bx9
    0.4 miles
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Waldo Ave & Manhattan College Pkwy 20 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Henry Hudson Parkway West & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2019.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Manhattan College Parkway

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Manhattan College Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 16 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waldo Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fieldston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 68 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Medieval Revival, and mostly built between 1920 and 1935.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan University College
    470 feet
  2. Horace Mann Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Horace Mann Barnard Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS High School
    810 feet
  2. Horace Mann School Lower School
    890 feet
  3. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brust Park
    350 feet
  2. Brust Park Playground
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Manhattan College Parkway or Waldo Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.