Sycamore Avenue & Wavehill Driveway

Sycamore Avenue and Wavehill Driveway meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner stands inside Wave Hill. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Wave Hill, William Lewis Morris House, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 240 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 seven public places, two of them listed historic places, and one place to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
7 places
2 listed historic places, 1 botanical garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sycamore Avenue & Wavehill Driveway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 252 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    0.3 miles
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

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.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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
145 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 20 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modern and Vernacular. They were built between 1833 and 1980.

  1. Wave Hill, William Lewis Morris House Designated landmark
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

This corner stands inside Wave Hill.

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Perkins Visitor Center & Shop in Wave Hill Park feature
    190 feet
  3. Riverdale Park Nature area
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Robert Colgate House Listed historic place
    1,190 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sycamore Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.