Netherland Avenue & West 256th Street

Netherland Avenue and West 256th 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. Vinmont Veteran Park is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 256 St, is 330 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1948 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Riverdale Av/W 256 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Netherland Avenue & West 256th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 256 St, 330 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 256 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1 · Shelter
    330 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 258 St 18 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet

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 April 2015.

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
183 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1948 and 1949.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Netherland Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Netherland Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 256th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 256th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen School
    560 feet
  2. Riverdale Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vinmont Veteran Park
    780 feet
  2. Vinmont Veteran Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Hackett Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverdale Library
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale YM-YWHA Recreation center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Older adult center at 5625 Arlington Avenue Older adult center
    680 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Netherland Avenue or West 256th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.