West 236th Street & Kingsbridge Avenue

West 236th Street and Kingsbridge Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. The corner is also named Lou Auger Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. It is 190 feet to the 50th Precinct. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 21 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Broadway/W 238 St · Bx9
Within a walk
4 places
1 park, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    680 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 238 St, 790 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 238 St Bx9
    790 feet
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 238 St 30 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Van Cortlandt Park South & Putnam Avenue West, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    1,080 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 four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lou Auger Square, a co-naming enacted on February 29, 1988 (Local Law 9 of 1988).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lou Auger Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingsbridge Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kingsbridge Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 236th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 236th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bailey Playground
    890 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt's Tail Park
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 50th Precinct Police station
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    820 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kingsbridge 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.