Seaman Avenue & Payson Avenue

Seaman Avenue and Payson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Inwood Hill Park is 50 feet away, and Glacial Potholes in Inwood Hill Park is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Inwood-207 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Inwood-207 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Broadway/W 204 St · Bx7
Within a walk
18 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seaman Avenue & Payson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Inwood-207 St A
    940 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Dyckman St A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 207 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “At the Start... At Long Last...” (1999) by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville at the Inwood-207 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 204 St, 830 feet away, for the Bx7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 204 St Bx7
    830 feet
    Bx7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Seaman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seaman Ave & Isham St 23 docks in all
    870 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4880 Broadway Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1936.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Payson Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Payson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Seaman Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1785.

  1. Dyckman House Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. School in the Square Elementary School
    1,010 feet
  3. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. Good Shepherd School
    1,120 feet
  3. Amistad Dual Language School
    1,190 feet
  4. Muscota School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Inwood Hill Park
    50 feet
  2. Emerson Playground
    490 feet
  3. Isham Park
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Glacial Potholes in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  2. Homers Dog Run in Inwood Hill Park Dog run
    1,150 feet
  3. Whale Back Rock in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    640 feet
  2. William Dyckman House Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Church Broadway House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Payson Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.