West 204th Street & Cooper Street

West 204th Street and Cooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Inwood Post Office is 650 feet away, and Good Shepherd Church Broadway is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Inwood-207 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
West 204th Street & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Dyckman St A
    0.3 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, 380 feet away, for the Bx7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 204 St & Vermilyea Ave 22 docks in all
    690 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
    520 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
40 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 3,800 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 1932.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cooper Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 204th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 204th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 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
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 historic site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Amistad Dual Language School
    740 feet
Show all 12
  1. Muscota School
    740 feet
  2. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. School in the Square Elementary School
    940 feet
  4. Good Shepherd School
    1,040 feet
  5. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  6. Washington Heights Academy School
    1,120 feet
  7. Harold O. Levy School
    1,250 feet
  8. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    1,250 feet
  9. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Inwood Hill Park
    500 feet
  2. Emerson Playground
    940 feet
  3. Isham Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Boulders South Lawn in Isham Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    190 feet
  2. William Dyckman House Listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    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 31 places to eat and 12 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 Cooper Street or West 204th 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, 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.