Riverdale Avenue & West 256th Street

Riverdale Avenue and West 256th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,447 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 256 St, is 40 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Riverdale Av/W 256 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & West 256th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 256 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 256 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx10 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Riverdale Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 258 St 18 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,447 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 570th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 833 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
154 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 1948 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverdale Avenue

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

West side of Riverdale Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 256th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 256th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 212798.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen School
    230 feet
  2. Riverdale Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vinmont Veteran Park
    490 feet
  2. Vinmont Veteran Park Playground
    870 feet
  3. Hackett Park
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverdale Library
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale YM-YWHA Recreation center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 5625 Arlington Avenue Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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:

See every intersection along Riverdale Avenue or West 256th Street.

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