Sycamore Avenue & West 250th Street

Sycamore Avenue and West 250th Street 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. Riverdale Park is 730 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 six public places and one place to eat. Within 820 feet are 18 homes, almost all in houses of one or two.

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
6 places
1 botanical garden, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sycamore Avenue & West 250th Street 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
154 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 18 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1867 and 1924.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 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
    740 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
    90 feet
  3. Riverdale Park Nature area
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Listed historic place
    460 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sycamore Avenue or West 250th Street.

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.