West 204th Street & Vermilyea Avenue

West 204th Street and Vermilyea Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Inwood Post Office is 110 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 20 public places, seven of them schools, and 46 places to eat. About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
West 204th Street & Vermilyea Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Inwood-207 St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Inwood-207 St A
    950 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. Dyckman St A
    0.3 miles
    A

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, 410 feet away, for the Bx7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 204 St & Vermilyea Ave 22 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4880 Broadway Gas station
    360 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,100 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 1917 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Vermilyea Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Vermilyea Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 204th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114670.

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
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 historic site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  3. Washington Heights Academy School
    410 feet
Show all 10
  1. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Amistad Dual Language School
    800 feet
  3. Muscota School
    800 feet
  4. Harold O. Levy School
    810 feet
  5. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    810 feet
  6. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    810 feet
  7. The Equity Project Charter School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Inwood Hill Park
    1,210 feet
  2. Monsignor Kett Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    450 feet
  2. William Dyckman House Listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 21 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 Vermilyea Avenue 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.