West 236th Street & Cambridge Avenue

West 236th Street and Cambridge 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. MacLaughlin Playground is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1954 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Riverdale Av/W 236 St · Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 236th Street & Cambridge Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 236 St, 270 feet away, for the Bx7, BxM1 and BxM2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 236 St Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
    270 feet
    Bx7 BxM1 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. BxM1 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 238 St & Riverdale Ave 16 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 September 2024.

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
159 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 1954 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 236th Street (north side).

East side of Cambridge Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Cambridge Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of West 236th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204352 and 212856.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Daydreamers Learning Center 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Rodi Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Birch Family Services - Riverdale School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacLaughlin Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    680 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cambridge Avenue or West 236th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.