West 236th Street & Douglas Avenue

West 236th Street and Douglas 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. Raoul Wallenberg Forest is 90 feet away, and P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Independence Av/W 236 St, is 1,080 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them playgrounds.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Independence Av/W 236 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
9 places
3 playgrounds, 2 nature areas and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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West 236th Street & Douglas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Independence Av/W 236 St, 1,080 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Independence Av/W 236 St Bx10, Bx20
    1,080 feet
    Bx10 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 237 St & Hudson Manor Terrace 12 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 555 Kappock Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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 March 2026.

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
169 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 600 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 1960 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Douglas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 236th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 236th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 nature areas
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil School
    740 feet
  2. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Playground
    80 feet
  2. Raoul Wallenberg Forest Nature area
    90 feet
  3. Seton Park
    280 feet
Show all 6
  1. Seton Park Playground
    320 feet
  2. Riverdale Playground
    350 feet
  3. Riverdale Park Nature area
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Library
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Douglas 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.