Riverside Drive & Seaman Avenue

Riverside Drive and Seaman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Anne Loftus Overlook in Fort Tryon Park is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them parks, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Broadway/Riverside Dr · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
21 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & Seaman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dyckman St A
    190 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Dyckman St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. Inwood-207 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Riverside Dr, 340 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Riverside Drive and Seaman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & Broadway 24 docks in all
    220 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, 850 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

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 1925 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 195 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 132 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Riverside Drive

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

East side of Seaman Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Seaman Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109905 and 113909.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harold O. Levy School
    1,110 feet
  2. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  3. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School Elementary School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    110 feet
  3. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    110 feet
Show all 10
  1. Anne Loftus Playground
    140 feet
  2. Anne Loftus Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    520 feet
  3. Payson Playground
    560 feet
  4. Inwood Hill Park
    570 feet
  5. Fort Washington Park
    960 feet
  6. Overlook Below Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
  7. Henry Hudson Overlook in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Queen Martyrs Church House of worship
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or Seaman Avenue.

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