West 246th Street & Waldo Avenue
West 246th Street and Waldo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Fieldston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horace Mann School is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1947, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 10.4 miles1
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
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Bus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 242 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Bx9.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 242 St Bx90.4 milesBx9
Next buses at this stop
- Bx9 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Waldo Ave & Manhattan College Pkwy 20 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Broadway & Henry Hudson Parkway at Lakeview Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6161 Broadway Gas station0.5 miles
- 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10471
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 11
- Police precinct
- 50
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
- Elevation
- 159 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 90 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1947.
Trees
Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the red maple.
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands at the edge of the Fieldston Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 89 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Medieval Revival, and mostly built between 1921 and 1943.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Horace Mann School600 feet
- Horace Mann Upper School600 feet
- Horace Mann School Lower School740 feet
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- Horace Mann Barnard Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5810 feet
- Horace Mann Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5890 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Waldo Avenue & College Road 310 feet
- Tibbett Avenue & West 246th Street 390 feet
- Waldo Avenue & West 245th Street 540 feet
- Waldo Avenue & Livingston Avenue 620 feet
- West 246th Street & Cayuga Avenue 760 feet
- Greystone Avenue & West 245th Street 860 feet
- West 246th Street & Livingston Avenue 910 feet
- Waldo Avenue & West 244th Street 920 feet
See every intersection along Waldo Avenue or West 246th Street.