Riverside Drive & West 157th Street

Riverside Drive and West 157th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Audubon Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Our Lady of Esperanza Church is 370 feet away, and American Numismatic Society stands 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Riverside Dr/W 156 St · Bx6
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 157th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    520 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 156 St, 340 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 156 St Bx6
    340 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr E & W 155 St 23 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, May 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1911 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-9PM ALL DAYS

North side of West 157th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 157th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Audubon Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1923.

  1. Hispanic Society of America Library Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. American Numismatic Society Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. American Geographical Society Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College
    880 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Recreational Area Park
    1,170 feet
  2. Fort Washington Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Audubon Park Historic District Listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. Hispanic Society of America Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. American Academy of Arts & Letters Arts or cultural center · landmark
    500 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Esperanza Church Landmark
    370 feet
  2. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. Church of the Intercession House of worship
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Washington Post Office
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 157th Street.

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