Academy Street & Post Avenue

Academy Street and Post Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Monsignor Kett Playground is 710 feet away, and High School for Excellence and Innovation is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
10 Av/W 202 St · M100
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Academy Street & Post Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dyckman St 1
    1,290 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 207 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Dyckman St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Birds in Flight-Moon View” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the Dyckman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 10 Av/W 202 St, 1,000 feet away, for the M100.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 10 Av/W 202 St M100
    1,000 feet
    M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Academy St & Nagle Ave 20 docks in all
    350 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 265 West 204th Street Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Academy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Academy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Post Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Post Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112816 and 113869.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Equity Project Charter School
    450 feet
  2. Harold O. Levy School
    1,020 feet
  3. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    1,020 feet
Show all 8
  1. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    1,020 feet
  2. Washington Heights Academy School
    1,160 feet
  3. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. P.S. 018 Park Terrace School
    1,200 feet
  5. Paula Hedbavny School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monsignor Kett Playground
    710 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    1,210 feet
  3. Sherman Creek Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Post Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Judes RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dyckman Community Center
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3754 10th Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet
  3. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 24 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Academy Street or Post Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.