Marble Hill Avenue & West 227th Street

Marble Hill Avenue and West 227th Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Johns Visitation Parish Church is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Marble Hill-225 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marble Hill-225 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Broadway/W 228 St · Bx7, Bx9, Bx20
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marble Hill Avenue & West 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marble Hill-225 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    1,050 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 228 St, 630 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx9 and Bx20.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 228 St Bx7, Bx9, Bx20 · Countdown sign
    630 feet
    Bx7 Bx9 Bx20
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx9 …
  3. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Marble Hill Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marble Hill Ave & W 227 St 19 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
10
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1930 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

South side of Marble Hill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Marble Hill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 227th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 227th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public Charter School
    670 feet
  2. Marble Hill Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Spuyten Duyvil Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Marble Hill Child care
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marble Hill Playground
    590 feet
  2. Marble Hill Garden - Marble Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Stephen's United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Visitation Parish Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marble Hill Community Center
    670 feet
  2. Older adult center at 5365 Broadway Older adult center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marble Hill Avenue or West 227th Street.

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