12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 131st Street

The six-way junction of 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive and West 131st Street is in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West Harlem Piers is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and 11 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1968, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
W 125 St/Saint Clair Pl · M125
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 125 St 1
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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, 730 feet away, for the M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 710 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 12th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 108322.

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
    450 feet
  2. Voice IV Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Kipp Infinity Charter School
    1,050 feet
  3. Kipp S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kipp Star Harlem College Prep Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  2. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. West Harlem Piers Park
    560 feet
  3. Cherry Walk in Riverside Park Park feature
    950 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
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and one food store.

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 131st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.