Academy Street & Sherman Avenue

Academy Street and Sherman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Equity Project Charter School is 220 feet away, and Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church is 980 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 22 public places, seven of them schools, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Dyckman St/Sherman Av · M100, BxM1
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Academy Street & Sherman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dyckman St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dyckman St/Sherman Av, 720 feet away, for the M100 and BxM1.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dyckman St/Sherman Av M100, BxM1
    720 feet
    M100 BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. BxM1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sherman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Academy St & Nagle Ave 20 docks in all
    750 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4880 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 three travel lanes

Homes

About 4,100 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 1917 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and June 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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

East side of Sherman Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of Sherman Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114015 and 114724.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Equity Project Charter School
    220 feet
  2. Harold O. Levy School
    610 feet
  3. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    610 feet
  2. Washington Heights Academy School
    760 feet
  3. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  4. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  5. Amistad Dual Language School
    1,180 feet
  6. Muscota School
    1,180 feet
  7. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monsignor Kett Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    910 feet
  3. Dyckman Community Center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    790 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 29 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Academy Street or Sherman Avenue.

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