West 261st Street & Spencer Avenue
West 261st Street and Spencer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Park Gardens Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/W 261 St, is 620 feet away for the BxM3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 261 St, 620 feet away, for the BxM3.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 261 St BxM3 · Shelter620 feetBxM3
Next buses at this stop
- BxM3 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Broadway & W 261 St 12 docks in all630 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Fieldston Road & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 6571 Broadway Gas station0.3 miles
- 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
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
- 108 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Spencer Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Spencer Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Van Cortlandt Park620 feet
- Northwest Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature1,220 feet
Health care
- Park Gardens Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Fieldston Road & West 261st Street 260 feet
- West 261st Street & Huxley Avenue 280 feet
- Spencer Avenue & West 262nd Street 480 feet
- West 261st Street & Tyndall Avenue 510 feet
- Huxley Avenue & West 262nd Street 530 feet
- Huxley Avenue & Forster Place 530 feet
- Broadway & West 261st Street 580 feet
- Fieldston Road & West 262nd Street 730 feet
See every intersection along Spencer Avenue or West 261st Street.