Vermilyea Avenue & West 211th Street

Vermilyea Avenue and West 211th Street meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 098 Shorac Kappock is 180 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 13 public places, four of them schools, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Inwood-207 St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Broadway/Isham St-W 211 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermilyea Avenue & West 211th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 207 St 1
    0.3 miles
    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-W 211 St, 390 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Isham St-W 211 St Bx7, Bx20
    390 feet
    Bx7 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 211 St & 10 Ave 20 docks in all
    370 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
    1,230 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Vermilyea Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Vermilyea Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 211th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 historic site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 098 Shorac Kappock School
    180 feet
  2. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Good Shepherd School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. School in the Square Elementary School
    970 feet
  2. Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ginko Tree & Stairs in Isham Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Isham Park
    610 feet
  3. Boulders South Lawn in Isham Park Park feature
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Inwood Hill Park
    1,170 feet
  2. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Vermilyea Avenue or West 211th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.