Riverdale Avenue & West 231st Street

Riverdale Avenue and West 231st Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ewen Park is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1966, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Riverdale Av/W 231 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & West 231st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.3 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 Riverdale Av/W 231 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 231 St Bx1, Bx2
    50 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 231 St & Tibbett Ave 15 docks in all
    380 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. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    370 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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, October 2014

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)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1953 and 1966.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Riverdale Avenue

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

West side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 231st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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. International Leadership Charter High School
    170 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. P.S. X037 - Multiple Intelligence School
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Amber Charter School Kingsbridge School
    870 feet
  2. Milton Fein School
    1,290 feet
  3. In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368) School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    70 feet
  2. Ewen Playground
    740 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsbridge Library
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kingsbridge Israel Center House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Mediator Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. St Johns Visitation Parish Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverdale Avenue or West 231st 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.