12th Avenue & Riverside Drive at West 134th Street

The six-way junction of 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive and West 134th Street is in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Voice IV” is 480 feet away, and Kipp Star Harlem College Prep Elementary School is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
460 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 134th 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 six 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
    0.4 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, 460 feet away, for the M5 and M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 400 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Emerald Avenue' European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 1pm to 10pm on Riverside Drive (east side).

East side of 12th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 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
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108312 and 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
    480 feet
  2. Voice II Sculpture by Nari Ward, 2009
    570 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 garden
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Infinity Charter School
    480 feet
  2. Kipp S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School
    490 feet
  3. Kipp Star Harlem College Prep Elementary School
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    90 feet
  2. West Harlem Piers Park
    530 feet
  3. Riverbank State Park
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jenny's Garden
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattanville Public space
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, Riverside Drive or West 134th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.