West 231st Street & Irwin Avenue

West 231st Street and Irwin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. International Leadership Charter High School is 150 feet away, and St Johns Visitation Parish Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Riverdale Av/W 231 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 231 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 231 St Bx1, Bx2
    30 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 231 St & Tibbett Ave 15 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    350 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2019

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)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1953 and 1966.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 231st Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 231st Street (south side).

East side of Irwin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Irwin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 206106 and 208352.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International Leadership Charter High School
    150 feet
  2. P.S. X037 - Multiple Intelligence School
    710 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Amber Charter School Kingsbridge School
    840 feet
  2. Milton Fein School
    1,270 feet
  3. In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368) School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    100 feet
  2. Ewen Playground
    760 feet

Health care

  1. Manhattanville Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsbridge Library
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kingsbridge Israel Center House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Mediator Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. St Johns Visitation Parish Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.