Sycamore Avenue & Private Driveway
Sycamore Avenue and Private Driveway (north) meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Riverdale Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Wave Hill is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +10.4 milesBx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18
Next buses at this stop
- Bx7 …
- Bx10 …
- BxM1 …
- BxM2 …
- BxM18 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all0.4 miles
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.
- 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 116 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 60 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Riverdale Historic District.
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 33 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modern. They were built between 1833 and 1980.
- Wave Hill, William Lewis Morris House Designated landmark720 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 botanical garden
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 nature area
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- SAR Preschool, ages 2 to 5720 feet
- Salanter Akiba Riverdale Acad School720 feet
- Sinai - Special Needs Institute School720 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Riverdale Park Nature area380 feet
- Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place460 feet
- Perkins Visitor Center & Shop in Wave Hill Park feature1,150 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Robert Colgate House Listed historic place590 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Sycamore Avenue & Private Driveway 310 feet
- Sycamore Avenue & West 252nd Street 750 feet
- Palisade Avenue & West 254th Street 760 feet
- West 254th Street & Hudson River Road 910 feet
- Independence Avenue & West 252nd Street 960 feet
- West 254th Street & Railroad Terrace 1,070 feet
- Palisade Avenue & West 255th Street 1,100 feet
- West 254th Street & Rivercrest Road 1,120 feet
See every intersection along Private Driveway or Sycamore Avenue.