Riverside Drive & West 160th Street

Riverside Drive and West 160th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Paradise Baptist Church is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and seven places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1918 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Riverside Dr/W 160 St · Bx6
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    1,290 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 160 St, 70 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 160 St Bx6
    70 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 160 St & Riverside Dr 27 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2015

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

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1918 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 160th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Mediterranean Revival, and built between 1919 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Washington Park
    320 feet
  2. Lily Brown Playground
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 99 Fort Washington Avenue Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 160th 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.