12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 132nd Street

The six-way junction of 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive and West 132nd Street is in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kipp Infinity Charter School is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Broadway/W 133 St · M4
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 132nd 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 six 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 Broadway/W 133 St, 950 feet away, for the M4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 133 St M4 · Shelter
    950 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 12th Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 133 St & 12 Ave 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 450 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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

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 1905 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Persian ironwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on 12th Avenue (west side).

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 12th Avenue

  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 132nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 132nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    330 feet
  2. Voice IV Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Infinity Charter School
    790 feet
  2. Kipp S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School
    790 feet
  3. Kipp Star Harlem College Prep Elementary School
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Harlem Piers Park
    300 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Cherry Walk in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Riverbank State Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattanville Public space
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive or West 132nd 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.