West 256th Street & Sylvan Avenue

West 256th Street and Sylvan Avenue 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. Northwest Playground is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Mosholu Av, is 1,060 feet away for the Bx9 and BxM3. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and six places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1,290 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Broadway/Mosholu Av · Bx9, BxM3
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 256th Street & Sylvan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Mosholu Av, 1,060 feet away, for the Bx9 and BxM3.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Mosholu Av Bx9, BxM3
    1,060 feet
    Bx9 BxM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …
  2. BxM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fieldston Rd & Mosholu Ave 13 docks in all
    1,300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Broadway & West 254th Street, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6571 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 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
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 109 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 256th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 256th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated three lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Post School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    590 feet
  2. Northwest Playground
    770 feet
  3. Sheridan Triangle
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sylvan Avenue or West 256th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.