Riverside Drive & West 140th Street

Riverside Drive and West 140th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jenny's Garden is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 23 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Riverside Dr/W 139 St · M11
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 139 St, 300 feet away, for the M11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 139 St M11
    300 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 140 St & Riverside Dr 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1910 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 140th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    40 feet
  2. Jenny's Garden
    330 feet
  3. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Riverbank Playground
    630 feet
  2. Riverbank State Park
    980 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Montefiore Square
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 140th Street.

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