West 238th Street & Blackstone Avenue

West 238th Street and Blackstone 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. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St, is 400 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 238th Street & Blackstone Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St, 400 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St Bx10, Bx20
    400 feet
    Bx10 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

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

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four 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 January 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
187 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1965.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Blackstone Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 238th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 238th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    630 feet
  2. Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverdale Playground
    910 feet
  2. Bell Tower Park
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale Kingsbridge Memorial Bell Tower Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Riverdale Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Riverdale Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blackstone Avenue or West 238th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.