Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Staff Street

Riverside Drive, Henry Hudson Parkway and Staff Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Overlook Below Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park is 430 feet away, and Anne Loftus Playground is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them parks, and 13 places to eat.

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

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Dyckman St A
    1,040 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, 1,190 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Riverside Dr Bx7, M100
    1,190 feet
    Bx7 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Riverside Drive and Staff Street.

  • 9 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
    660 feet

By car

A ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 242 Dyckman Street Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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 June 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)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Riverside Drive

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Staff Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Staff Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 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
    720 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Fort Washington Park
    110 feet
  3. Overlook Below Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    430 feet
Show all 11
  1. Henry Hudson Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    510 feet
  2. Inwood Hill Park
    540 feet
  3. Anne Loftus Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    560 feet
  4. Anne Loftus Playground
    630 feet
  5. Payson Playground
    710 feet
  6. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    960 feet
  7. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    960 feet
  8. Dyckman Pier in Fort Washington Park Park feature
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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.