Riverdale Avenue & West 259th Street

Riverdale Avenue and West 259th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverdale Post Office is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 259 St, is 70 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Riverdale Av/W 259 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & West 259th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 259 St, 70 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 259 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    70 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

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.

  • 13 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
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Fieldston Road & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    320 feet
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    260 feet

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

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
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 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 1949 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverdale Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Riverdale Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

North side of West 259th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

South side of West 259th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205046, 206244, 206247 and 212795.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Sar High School
    350 feet
  2. St Margaret of Cortona School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen School
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale Post Office
    290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and six 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverdale Avenue or West 259th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.