12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 130th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive and West 130th Street is in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
W 125 St/Saint Clair Pl · M125
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 130th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 125 St 1
    1,060 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “River to River” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Saint Clair Pl, 470 feet away, for the M125.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Saint Clair Pl M125
    470 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 12th Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 Ave & W 125 St 39 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 740 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 100 Claremont Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 130th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at West Harlem Piers.

  1. Voice II Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    660 feet
  2. Voice IV Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. West Harlem Piers Park
    420 feet
  3. Cherry Walk in Riverside Park Park feature
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Claremont (Dolphin) Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattanville Public space
    490 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive or West 130th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.