Netherland Avenue & West 252nd Street

Netherland Avenue and West 252nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hackett Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St, is 170 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1,160 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Netherland Avenue & West 252nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St, 170 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    170 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx10 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all
    1,220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 2012.

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
212 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 between 1945 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Netherland Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Netherland Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1927 and 1938.

  1. Christ Church Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale School
    1,130 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Hackett Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Vinmont Veteran Park
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Perkins Visitor Center & Shop in Wave Hill Park feature
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Christ Church Complex Listed historic place
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adath Israel of Riverdale Synagogue House of worship
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Netherland Avenue or West 252nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.