Directions to the Society
The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture is located near the Fieldston campus in the Bronx. Map is below.
Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture
4450 Fieldston Road
Riverdale, New York 10471
office information
Public Transportation
You can take the subway and walk about 6/10 of a mile, or shorten your walk to about 2/10 of a mile by taking a bus.
Click for detailed public transportation directions
- Take the IRT #1 to 231st Street
- Then take the #7, #10 or #20 bus to 239st Street and Riverdale Ave.
- Walk north to where the road forks before the underpass, and bear right onto Manhattan College Parkway for about 1 block
- You’ll find the Ethical Culture Building to your left
OR
- Take the IRT #1 subway to 242nd Street and Van Cortlandt Park
- Then walk about 3/4 mile up the winding hill on Manhattan College Parkway
- The Ethical Culture Building will be to your right where Manhattan College Parkway meets Fieldston Rd.
OR
- M.T.A. Express Bus Service may be available. Please check schedules:
- BxM1 (Riverdale, Bronx – East Midtown, Manhattan)
- BxM2 (Riverdale, Bronx – West Midtown, Manhattan)
For more information, please call the MTA during the week at (718) 445-3100 or visit their website at www.mta.info.
By Car
The Society is near exit 20 (W 239 St) from 9A (Henry Hudson Parkway), and not far from exit 11 Van Cortlandt Pk S from I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway).
Click for details: driving from the north via Saw Mill/Henry Hudson Parkway
- Take Saw Mill Parkway South to Henry Hudson Parkway South
- Exit 21 at W 246th Street
- Follow South 1/4 mile to traffic light
- Left onto W 246th Street (onto overpass)
- Straight ahead East for 2 blocks to traffic circle
- Right onto Fieldston Road
- Follow South for 1/4 mile to the Ethical Culture Building (at the end of the street on left corner)
- Parking is directly ahead to the Left or Right
Click for details: driving from the south via West Side Highway / Henry Hudson Parkway
- Take West Side Highway North to Henry Hudson Parkway North
- Exit 21 at W 246th Street
- Short distance to traffic light
- Right onto W 246th Street
- Straight ahead East for 2 blocks to traffic circle
- Right onto Fieldston Road
- Follow South for 1/4 mile to the Ethical Culture Building (at the end of the street on left corner)
- Parking is directly ahead to the Left or Right
Click for details: driving from the east via the Major Deegan
- From the Major Deegan (I-87 either North or South)
- Exit 11 at Van Cortlandt Park South
- Turn West onto Van Cortlandt Park South
- Follow 2 blocks West to Broadway (US-9 North)
- Turn Right onto Broadway
- Follow 3 blocks North past W 242nd Street
- Turn left after W 242nd Street (after the subway terminal ends)
- Straight ahead 1 block
- Turn left again onto Manhattan College Parkway
- Follow the winding Manhattan College Parkway about 3/4 of a mile all the way to Fieldston Rd. (make a right at the top of the hill & then a left past Manhattan College & then proceed to Fieldston Rd.)
- The Ethical Culture Building is on the Right, Parking is on the Left