Academy Street & Cooper Street

Academy Street and Cooper Street meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harold O. Levy School is 680 feet away, and Fort Tryon Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them schools, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Broadway/W 204 St · Bx7
Within a walk
24 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Academy Street & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Dyckman St A
    980 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Inwood-207 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 204 St, 800 feet away, for the Bx7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 204 St Bx7 · Shelter
    800 feet
    Bx7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seaman Ave & Beak St 21 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Staff Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4880 Broadway Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1925 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 209 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Academy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cooper Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1785.

  1. Dyckman House Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harold O. Levy School
    680 feet
  2. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    680 feet
  3. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amistad Dual Language School
    720 feet
  2. Muscota School
    720 feet
  3. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  5. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Inwood Hill Park
    750 feet
  2. Whale Back Rock in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    1,150 feet
  2. Payson Playground
    1,210 feet
  3. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    710 feet
  2. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    770 feet
  3. William Dyckman House Listed historic place
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Academy Street or Cooper 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.