West 239th Street & Blackstone Avenue

West 239th Street and Blackstone Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bell Tower Park is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St, is 680 feet away for the Bx10 and Bx20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1,110 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St · Bx10, Bx20
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 239th 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, 680 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 237 St Bx10, Bx20
    680 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
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Henry Hudson Parkway West & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Irwin Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
192 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 1958 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Blackstone Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Blackstone Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 239th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 239th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Atmosphere Academy Public CS Middle School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bell Tower Park
    840 feet
  2. Riverdale Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blackstone Avenue or West 239th 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.