Waldo Avenue & West 245th Street
Waldo Avenue and West 245th Street meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Fieldston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horace Mann School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 10.5 miles1
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 1 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 242 St, 0.5 miles away, for the Bx9.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 242 St Bx90.5 milesBx9
Next buses at this stop
- Bx9 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Waldo Ave & Manhattan College Pkwy 20 docks in all1,200 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Broadway & Henry Hudson Parkway at Lakeview Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 6161 Broadway Gas station0.6 miles
- 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.6 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 October 2014.
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
- 126 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 150 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1931.
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Fieldston Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 78 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Craftsman and Medieval Revival, and mostly built between 1919 and 1934.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 college
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Manhattan University College890 feet
- Horace Mann Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5980 feet
- Horace Mann Barnard Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,050 feet
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- Horace Mann School1,150 feet
- Horace Mann Upper School1,150 feet
- Horace Mann School Lower School1,220 feet
- Atmosphere Academy Public CS High School1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brust Park780 feet
Health care
- Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice840 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Greystone Avenue & West 245th Street 320 feet
- Waldo Avenue & West 244th Street 380 feet
- Manhattan College Parkway & Waldo Avenue 430 feet
- West 246th Street & Waldo Avenue 540 feet
- Tibbett Avenue & West 244th Street 680 feet
- Waldo Avenue & College Road 850 feet
- Tibbett Avenue & West 246th Street 930 feet
- Manhattan College Parkway & Greystone Avenue 1,140 feet
See every intersection along Waldo Avenue or West 245th Street.