Palisade Avenue & Johnson Avenue

Palisade Avenue and Johnson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Henry Hudson Park is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av, is 1,100 feet away for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av · Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
7 places
3 parks, 1 nature area and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Palisade Avenue & Johnson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av, 1,100 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/Independence Av Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    1,100 feet
    Bx10 Bx20 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kappock St & Independence Ave 18 docks in all
    1,170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Henry Hudson Parkway West & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1953 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Edsall Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY THURSDAY

South side of Edsall Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 18 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 16 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Palisade Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Eclectic, and built between 1888 and 1889.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park Nature area
    50 feet
  2. Henry Hudson Park
    820 feet
  3. Paul's Playground
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Phyllis Post Goodman Park
    1,160 feet
  2. Inwood Hill Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Independence Care Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil Landmark · listed historic place
    600 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Edsall Avenue, Johnson Avenue or Palisade 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.