Vermilyea Avenue & Isham Street

Vermilyea Avenue and Isham Street meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Isham Park is 530 feet away, and Inwood Post Office is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Inwood-207 St, is about a minute 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 54 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Inwood-207 St
360 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/Isham St · Bx12, Bx12 SBS
Within a walk
18 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermilyea Avenue & Isham Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 207 St 1
    1,090 feet
    1
  2. 215 St 1
    0.3 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/Isham St, 350 feet away, for the Bx12 and Bx12 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Isham St Bx12, Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    350 feet
    Bx12 Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …
  2. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Isham St & Broadway 29 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3936 10th Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 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 1922 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Isham Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Isham Street

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

East side of Vermilyea Avenue

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

West side of Vermilyea Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 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

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 098 Shorac Kappock School
    430 feet
  2. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Good Shepherd School
    850 feet
  2. School in the Square Elementary School
    890 feet
  3. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    530 feet
  2. Ginko Tree & Stairs in Isham Park Park feature
    560 feet
  3. Boulders South Lawn in Isham Park Park feature
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Inwood Hill Park
    1,100 feet
  2. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Post Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Church Broadway House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Isham Street or Vermilyea Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.