Isham Street & Cooper Street

Isham Street and Cooper Street meet at a five-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. The corner is also named James F. Nolan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Good Shepherd School is 150 feet away, and Dyckman House Museum is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Inwood-207 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Inwood-207 St
380 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Broadway/Isham St · Bx12, Bx12 SBS
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Isham Street & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Inwood-207 St A
    380 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 207 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 215 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “At the Start... At Long Last...” (1999) by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville at the Inwood-207 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Isham St, 380 feet away, for the Bx12 and Bx12 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Isham St Bx12, Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    380 feet
    Bx12 Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …
  2. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seaman Ave & Isham St 23 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.7 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
52 feet above sea level

This corner is also named James F. Nolan Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1924 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 155 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on James F. Nolan Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Isham Street

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Isham Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Terrace West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one lamppost.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Good Shepherd School
    150 feet
  3. School in the Square Elementary School
    190 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 098 Shorac Kappock School
    960 feet
  2. School in the Square Ecc School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    50 feet
  2. Boulders South Lawn in Isham Park Park feature
    300 feet
  3. Inwood Hill Park
    400 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ginko Tree & Stairs in Isham Park Park feature
    380 feet
  2. Emerson Playground
    680 feet
  3. Homers Dog Run in Inwood Hill Park Dog run
    880 feet
  4. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    900 feet
  5. Indian Road Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Church Broadway House of worship
    230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cooper Street, Isham Street or Park Terrace West.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.