West 259th Street & Liebig Avenue

West 259th Street and Liebig Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. St Margaret of Cortona School is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverdale Av/W 259 St, is 570 feet away for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1 and two more, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Riverdale Av/W 259 St · Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 259th Street & Liebig Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/W 259 St, 570 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 and BxM18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/W 259 St Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2 +1
    570 feet
    Bx7 Bx10 BxM1 BxM2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & W 258 St 18 docks in all
    990 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Fieldston Road & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5914 Riverdale Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers
    810 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Liebig Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 259th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 259th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 259th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. St Margaret of Cortona School
    810 feet
  2. Sar High School
    900 feet
  3. Jasmin Educational Enterprises Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. La Escuelita de Sofia Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Riverdale Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverdale Library
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverdale Post Office
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liebig Avenue or West 259th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.