12th Avenue & West 138th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue and West 138th Street is in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. It stands inside Riverside Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jenny's Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them parks, and 13 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Riverside Dr/W 137 St · M11
Within a walk
11 places
4 parks, 1 dog run and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    1,070 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 1
    0.5 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 Riverside Dr/W 137 St, 380 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 137 St M11
    380 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 138 St 30 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

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

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)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1906 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 138th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 138th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

This corner stands inside Riverside Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Jenny's Garden
    50 feet
  3. Riverbank State Park
    280 feet
Show all 7
  1. Montefiore Square
    920 feet
  2. West Harlem Piers Park
    990 feet
  3. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,150 feet
  4. Riverbank Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Riverbank Park Swimming Hall Swimming pool
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, Pedestrian Overpass or West 138th Street.

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