Riverdale Avenue & Netherland Avenue
Riverdale Avenue and Netherland Avenue 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. Riverdale Library is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 254 St, is 430 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 254 St, 430 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Riverdale Av/W 254 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1430 feetBx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
Next buses at this stop
- Bx7 …
- Bx10 …
- BxM1 …
- BxM2 …
- BxM18 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Riverdale Avenue.
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all350 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2018.
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
- 162 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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 1939 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen School390 feet
- Riverdale Ym/Ywha Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,190 feet
- Riverdale Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Vinmont Veteran Park50 feet
- Vinmont Veteran Park Playground420 feet
- Hackett Park540 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Riverdale Library1,100 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,260 feet
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Riverdale Avenue & West 256th Street 450 feet
- Riverdale Avenue & Henry Hudson Parkway East at West 254th Street 470 feet
- Henry Hudson Parkway West & West 254th Street 510 feet
- Netherland Avenue & West 256th Street 730 feet
- Delafield Avenue & West 256th Street 740 feet
- Henry Hudson Parkway West & Henry Hudson Parkway 770 feet
- Netherland Avenue & West 254th Street 780 feet
- Mosholu Avenue & West 254th Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Netherland Avenue or Riverdale Avenue.