West 218th Street & Indian Road

West 218th Street and Indian Road meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. The corner is also named John Brian Murtaugh Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Inwood Hill Park is 120 feet away, and Homers Dog Run in Inwood Hill Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them park features, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Broadway/W 218 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
8 places
3 park features, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 218th Street & Indian Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 215 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 215 St 1
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 218 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 218 St Bx7, Bx20
    0.3 miles
    Bx7 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 218th Street.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 218 St & Indian Rd 21 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5080 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
12 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: John Brian Murtaugh Way (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018) and Homer Young Kennedy Way (Local Law 25 of 2009, enacted on April 20, 2009).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Indian Road

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

West side of Indian Road

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 218th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 218th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Nineteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1921 and 1934.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    60 feet
  2. Inwood Hill Park
    120 feet
  3. Pats Lawn in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    290 feet
Show all 7
  1. Indian Road Playground
    530 feet
  2. Nature Center in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    620 feet
  3. Marsh Habitat in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,020 feet
  4. Homers Dog Run in Inwood Hill Park Dog run
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    30 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Indian Road or West 218th Street.

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