Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Henshaw Street

Riverside Drive, Henry Hudson Parkway and Henshaw Street meet at a five-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Anne Loftus Overlook in Fort Tryon Park is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them parks, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Broadway/Riverside Dr · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
13 places
4 parks, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Henshaw Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Dyckman St A
    850 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Riverside Dr, 1,000 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Riverside Dr Bx7, M100
    1,000 feet
    Bx7 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Riverside Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dyckman St & Henshaw St 19 docks in all
    470 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, 190 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 242 Dyckman Street Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henshaw Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Henshaw Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1934 and 1939.

  1. The Cloisters (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Designated landmark
    660 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Fort Washington Park
    310 feet
  3. Anne Loftus Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    400 feet
Show all 10
  1. Anne Loftus Playground
    430 feet
  2. Overlook Below Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    480 feet
  3. Inwood Hill Park
    490 feet
  4. Henry Hudson Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    520 feet
  5. Payson Playground
    520 feet
  6. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    770 feet
  7. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway, Henshaw Street or Riverside Drive.

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