Seaman Avenue & Beak Street

Seaman Avenue and Beak Street meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Broadway/Dyckman St · Bx7
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seaman Avenue & Beak Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Dyckman St A
    920 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Inwood-207 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Dyckman St, 980 feet away, for the Bx7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Dyckman St Bx7 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    980 feet
    Bx7
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Seaman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seaman Ave & Beak St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Staff Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 242 Dyckman Street Gas station
    790 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10034
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Inwood
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 2,600 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 1925 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 209 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beak Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Beak Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Seaman Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harold O. Levy School
    970 feet
  2. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    970 feet
  3. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Amistad Dual Language School
    1,170 feet
  2. Muscota School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Inwood Hill Park
    300 feet
  2. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    700 feet
  3. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Whale Back Rock in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    750 feet
  2. Payson Playground
    760 feet
  3. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Anne Loftus Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. White Pines in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  6. Glacial Potholes in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    750 feet
  2. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beak Street or Seaman Avenue.

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