9th Avenue & West 202nd Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 202nd Street is in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Paula Hedbavny School is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 207 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1948, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
207 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
10 Av/W 202 St · M100
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 202nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 207 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 207 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Dyckman St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated Nature I-IV” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 207 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 10 Av/W 202 St, 640 feet away, for the M100.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 10 Av/W 202 St M100
    640 feet
    M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 9 Ave & W 204 St 24 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 265 West 204th Street Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10034
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Inwood
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 130 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 1915 and 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 6AM-7:30AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 202nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 6AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 202nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 018 Park Terrace School
    560 feet
  2. Paula Hedbavny School
    560 feet
  3. Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Manhattan Christian Academy School
    900 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sherman Creek Park
    560 feet
  2. Monsignor Kett Playground
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Judes RC Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dyckman Community Center
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3754 10th Avenue Older adult center
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 9th Avenue or West 202nd Street.

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