West 236th Street & Waldo Avenue

West 236th Street and Waldo Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. MacLaughlin Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Riverdale Av/W 236 St · Bx7, BxM1, BxM2
Within a walk
4 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 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, 500 feet away, for the Bx7, BxM1 and BxM2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. BxM1 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 238 St & Riverdale Ave 16 docks in all
    1,270 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 February 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)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
109 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 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Waldo Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waldo Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 236th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little Daydreamers Learning Center 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacLaughlin Playground
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Waldo 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.