West 231st Street & Fairfield Avenue

West 231st Street and Fairfield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. Hudson Pointe at Riverdale Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 232 St, is 670 feet away for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1 and two more, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
990 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 232 St · Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
6 places
2 nursing homes or hospices, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 231st Street & Fairfield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 232 St, 670 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 232 St Bx10, Bx20, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    670 feet
    Bx10 Bx20 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy E & W 231 St 12 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 990 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 317 West 230th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
Elevation
172 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1939 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fairfield Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fairfield Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 231st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 231st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bedrock Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    1,030 feet
  2. Seton Park
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    460 feet
  2. Hudson Pointe at Riverdale Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fairfield Avenue or West 231st Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.