Riverside Drive & West 143rd Street

Riverside Drive and West 143rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 25 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Riverside Dr/W 142 St · M11
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 143rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 145 St 1
    1,030 feet
    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, 180 feet away, for the M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 145 St 35 docks in all
    630 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

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

North side of West 143rd Street

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

South side of West 143rd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverbank State Park.

  1. The Totally Kid Carousel Carousel by Milo Mottola, 1998
    820 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    40 feet
  2. Riverbank Playground
    120 feet
  3. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    390 feet
Show all 7
  1. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Recreational Area Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Riverbank State Park
    1,080 feet
  4. Jenny's Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 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 143rd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.