Sycamore Avenue & Private Driveway
Sycamore Avenue and Private Driveway (south) 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, William Lewis Morris House stands 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them listed historic places, 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, 0.3 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 +10.3 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 all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers0.9 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
- 127 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 50 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Riverdale Historic District.
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 35 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 landmark420 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 listed historic places
- 2 schools
- 1 botanical garden
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- SAR Preschool, ages 2 to 51,020 feet
- Salanter Akiba Riverdale Acad School1,020 feet
- Sinai - Special Needs Institute School1,020 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place160 feet
- Riverdale Park Nature area430 feet
- Perkins Visitor Center & Shop in Wave Hill Park feature840 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Robert Colgate House Listed historic place280 feet
- Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Listed historic place1,300 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 450 feet
- Independence Avenue & West 252nd Street 660 feet
- Sycamore Avenue & Wavehill Driveway 910 feet
- West 252nd Street & Blackstone Avenue 930 feet
- Palisade Avenue & West 254th Street 1,060 feet
- Independence Avenue & West 250th Street 1,130 feet
- Sycamore Avenue & West 250th Street 1,160 feet
See every intersection along Private Driveway or Sycamore Avenue.