West 263rd Street & Spencer Avenue
West 263rd Street and Spencer 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. Van Cortlandt Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/W 262 St, is 930 feet away for the Bx9, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 262 St, 930 feet away, for the Bx9.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 262 St Bx9930 feetBx9
Next buses at this stop
- Bx9 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Broadway & W 261 St 12 docks in all1,180 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Fieldston Road & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 6571 Broadway Gas station0.4 miles
- 5683 Riverdale Avenue Charging for electric cars, 65 Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
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
- 147 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1959.
Trees
Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Van Cortlandt Park960 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
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
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Spencer Avenue & West 262nd Street 330 feet
- West 263rd Street & Tyndall Avenue 550 feet
- Fieldston Road & West 262nd Street 580 feet
- Huxley Avenue & West 262nd Street 630 feet
- West 263rd Street & Liebig Avenue 770 feet
- West 261st Street & Spencer Avenue 810 feet
- Tyndall Avenue & West 262nd Street 830 feet
- West 261st Street & Huxley Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along Spencer Avenue or West 263rd Street.