Sylvan Avenue & Faraday Avenue

Sylvan Avenue and Faraday Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Mosholu Av, is 1,220 feet away for the Bx9 and BxM3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
Broadway/Mosholu Av · Bx9, BxM3
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sylvan Avenue & Faraday Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Mosholu Av, 1,220 feet away, for the Bx9 and BxM3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Mosholu Av Bx9, BxM3 · Shelter
    1,220 feet
    Bx9 BxM3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …
  2. BxM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fieldston Rd & Mosholu Ave 13 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Broadway & West 254th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6571 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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
99 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated three lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Jasmin Educational Enterprises Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. La Escuelita de Sofia Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheridan Triangle
    980 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Northwest Playground
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 Faraday Avenue or Sylvan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.