Riverside Drive & West 138th Street
Riverside Drive and West 138th Street meet at a five-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner is also named Jenny Benitez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Montefiore Plaza is 970 feet away, and Riverbank Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them parks, and 18 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- 137 St-City College 1890 feet1
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- 1 …
Downtown
1 line- 1 …
Also within a walk
- 145 St 10.4 miles1
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fossils” (1988) by Steve Wood at the 137 St-City College station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 137 St, 200 feet away, for the M11.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Riverside Dr/W 137 St M11200 feetM11
Next buses at this stop
- M11 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Riverside Dr & W 138 St 30 docks in all110 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.
- 3260 Broadway Gas station0.5 miles
- 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2017
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10031
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 7
- Police precinct
- 30
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
This corner is also named Jenny Benitez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,600 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 1906 and 1926.
Trees
NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jenny Benitez Way.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 dog run
- 1 garden
- 4 other places
Schools and child care
- Hamilton Grange Middle School1,150 feet
- P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Riverside Park50 feet
- Jenny's Garden170 feet
- Riverbank State Park460 feet
Show all 8
- Montefiore Square730 feet
- Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run970 feet
- Riverbank Playground1,100 feet
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground1,160 feet
- West Harlem Piers Park1,180 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza970 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place620 feet
Community centers and public services
- Riverbank Park Swimming Hall Swimming pool1,120 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,190 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy900 feet
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 11 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 12th Avenue & West 138th Street 180 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 139th Street 260 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 137th Street 260 feet
- Henry Hudson Parkway & Pedestrian Overpass 390 feet
- Henry Hudson Parkway & Pedestrian Overpass 410 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 140th Street 520 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 136th Street 530 feet
- Broadway & West 138th Street 650 feet
See every intersection along Pedestrian Overpass, Riverside Drive or West 138th Street.