Palisade Avenue & West 247th Street

Palisade Avenue and West 247th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverdale Park is 60 feet away, and Wave Hill is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, is 0.5 miles away for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.5 miles
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
3 places
1 botanical garden, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Palisade Avenue & West 247th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, 0.5 miles away, for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
    0.5 miles
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 September 2021.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 26 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian, and built between 1863 and 1864.

  1. William E. and Melissa Phelps Dodge House, Greyston Designated landmark
    690 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Park Nature area
    60 feet
  2. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E. Dodge House Listed historic place
    850 feet

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Palisade Avenue or West 247th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.