Riverdale Avenue & West 230th Street

Riverdale Avenue and West 230th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Manhattanville Health Care Center is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1941 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
W 230 St/Tibbett Av · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & West 230th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 230 St/Tibbett Av, 420 feet away, for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 230 St/Tibbett Av BxM1, BxM2, BxM18 · Shelter
    420 feet
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 231 St & Tibbett Ave 15 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    300 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the sycamore maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 230th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X037 - Multiple Intelligence School
    250 feet
  2. International Leadership Charter High School
    510 feet
  3. In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368) School
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Amber Charter School Kingsbridge School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    230 feet
  2. Ewen Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Manhattanville Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsbridge Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kingsbridge Israel Center House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Johns Visitation Parish Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Mediator Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverdale Avenue or West 230th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.