Riverside Drive & West 142nd Street

Riverside Drive and West 142nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverbank Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them gardens, and 29 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Riverside Dr/W 142 St · M11
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 145 St 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. 137 St-City College 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 142 St, 90 feet away, for the M11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 142 St M11
    90 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 142 St 23 docks in all
    570 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people 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

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    50 feet
  2. Riverbank Playground
    90 feet
  3. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jenny's Garden
    870 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 142nd Street.

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