Riverdale Avenue & Fieldston Road

Riverdale Avenue and Fieldston Road meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bell Tower Park is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1941 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Riverdale Av/W 236 St · Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Fieldston Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 236 St, 170 feet away, for the Bx7, BxM1 and BxM2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 236 St Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
    170 feet
    Bx7 BxM1 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. BxM1 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 238 St & Riverdale Ave 16 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2010
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

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
130 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1941 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 72 signs on these blocks
  • 25 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Riverdale Avenue (west side) and West 236th Street (both sides).

East side of Fieldston Road

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fieldston Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Riverdale Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204352, 208079, 212855, 212856 and 223533.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little Daydreamers Learning Center 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacLaughlin Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fieldston Road, Riverdale Avenue or West 236th Street.

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