West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway

West 253rd Street and Henry Hudson Parkway 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. Hackett Park is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 252 St, is 900 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
a ramp starts at this corner
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 252 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 253rd Street & Henry Hudson Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 252 St, 900 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Henry Hudson Pkwy East/W 252 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    900 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx10 …
  3. BxM1 …
  4. BxM2 …
  5. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 254 St 12 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

A ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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
164 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 170 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1866 and 1928.

  1. Christ Church Designated landmark
    750 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hackett Park
    710 feet
  2. Vinmont Veteran Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Vinmont Veteran Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Christ Church Complex Listed historic place
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway or West 253rd 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, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.