West 215th Street & Seaman Avenue

West 215th Street and Seaman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. School in the Square Ecc is 670 feet away, and Good Shepherd School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Broadway/W 215 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 215th Street & Seaman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 215 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 215 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Inwood-207 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 215 St, 940 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 215 St Bx7, Bx20 · Shelter
    940 feet
    Bx7 Bx20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Seaman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 218 St & Indian Rd 21 docks in all
    790 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5080 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

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 1926 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda 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 April 2013 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Seaman Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Seaman Avenue

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

North side of West 215th Street

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

South side of West 215th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Tudor Revival, and mostly built between 1923 and 1934.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amber Charter School Inwood School
    550 feet
  2. International Resource for Parenting Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. School in the Square Ecc School
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd New York City School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Good Shepherd School
    1,190 feet
  3. School in the Square Elementary School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    300 feet
  2. Indian Road Playground
    450 feet
  3. Pats Lawn in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Inwood Hill Park
    780 feet
  2. Homers Dog Run in Inwood Hill Park Dog run
    940 feet
  3. Boulders South Lawn in Isham Park Park feature
    950 feet
  4. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    980 feet
  5. Emerson Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Seaman Avenue or West 215th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.