West 236th Street & Oxford Avenue

West 236th Street and Oxford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ewen Park is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 236 St, is 520 feet away for the Bx7, BxM1 and BxM2, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1,310 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Riverdale Av/W 236 St · Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 236 St, 520 feet away, for the Bx7, BxM1 and BxM2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. BxM1 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Johnson Ave & W 235 St 16 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Henry Hudson Parkway East & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1,310 feet 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 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)
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1954 and 1980.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 11 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.

East side of Oxford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Oxford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207785 and 214454.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ewen Park
    1,220 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    1,250 feet
  3. MacLaughlin Playground
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    450 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    420 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 Oxford 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.