Riverside Drive & West 162nd Street

Riverside Drive and West 162nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lily Brown Playground is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 11 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
660 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 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    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. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.5 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 160 St, 660 feet away, for the Bx6.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 163 St & Riverside Dr 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
Elevation
134 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1916 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 162nd Street

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

South side of West 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one lamppost.

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
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lily Brown Playground
    80 feet
  2. Fort Washington Park
    80 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 99 Fort Washington Avenue Older adult center
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 162nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.