West 247th Street & Alderbrook Road

West 247th Street and Alderbrook Road meet at a three-way junction in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Greyston Gatehouse, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, is 1,100 feet away for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St · BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 botanical garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 247th Street & Alderbrook Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St, 1,100 feet away, for the BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy West/W 246 St BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
    1,100 feet
    BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …
  2. BxM2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Independence Ave & W 240 St 12 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

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

  1. 6161 Broadway Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 5935 Broadway Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
136 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 400 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 in 1961.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sycamore maple.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Gothic Revival. They were built between 1858 and 1930.

  1. Greyston Gatehouse Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Riverdale Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. William E. and Melissa Phelps Dodge House, Greyston Designated landmark
    590 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wave Hill Botanical garden · listed historic place
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E. Dodge House Listed historic place
    700 feet

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 247th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.