Tibbett Avenue & West 246th Street
Tibbett Avenue and West 246th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Fieldston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horace Mann School is 220 feet away, and Memorial Grove in Van Cortlandt Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 10.3 miles1
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 1 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 242 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx9.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 242 St Bx90.3 milesBx9
Next buses at this stop
- Bx9 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Waldo Ave & Manhattan College Pkwy 20 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Broadway & Henry Hudson Parkway at Lakeview Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6161 Broadway Gas station0.5 miles
- 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019
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
- 142 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 32 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Tibbett Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
- Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
West side of Tibbett Avenue
- Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
North side of West 246th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands at the edge of the Fieldston Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 64 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Craftsman, and mostly built between 1921 and 1936.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 college
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Horace Mann School220 feet
- Horace Mann Upper School220 feet
- Horace Mann Barnard Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5430 feet
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- Horace Mann School Lower School360 feet
- Horace Mann Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5500 feet
- Manhattan University College1,120 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Memorial Grove in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature1,160 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- West 246th Street & Cayuga Avenue 380 feet
- West 246th Street & Waldo Avenue 390 feet
- West 246th Street & Post Road 650 feet
- Waldo Avenue & College Road 700 feet
- Tibbett Avenue & West 244th Street 790 feet
- Waldo Avenue & West 245th Street 930 feet
- Waldo Avenue & Livingston Avenue 1,010 feet
- Waldo Avenue & West 244th Street 1,090 feet
See every intersection along Tibbett Avenue or West 246th Street.