Riverside Drive & West 163rd Street

Riverside Drive and West 163rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fort Washington Park is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
22 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 164 St · M4
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 163rd 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 eight 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
    0.4 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 164 St, 610 feet away, for the M4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 164 St M4 · Shelter
    610 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1920 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 163rd Street

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

South side of West 163rd Street

  • No parking 5 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

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  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 eight places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 163rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.