12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 133rd Street

The six-way junction of 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive and West 133rd Street is in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
W 135 St/Riverside Dr · M5, M11
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 133rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 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. 125 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fossils” (1988) by Steve Wood at the 137 St-City College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/Riverside Dr, 720 feet away, for the M5 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/Riverside Dr M5, M11 · Shelter
    720 feet
    M5 M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 12th Avenue.

  • 15 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 190 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 in 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 12th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 133rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of West 133rd Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111840.

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 IV Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    340 feet
  2. Voice II Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Infinity Charter School
    530 feet
  2. Kipp S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School
    530 feet
  3. Kipp Star Harlem College Prep Elementary School
    530 feet
Show all 4
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Harlem Piers Park
    270 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Riverbank State Park
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattanville Public space
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 133rd 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.