West 218th Street & Park Terrace East

West 218th Street and Park Terrace East meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan, at the edge of Inwood Hill Park. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. School in the Square Ecc is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Broadway/W 218 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 218th Street & Park Terrace East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 215 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 215 St 1
    960 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. Inwood-207 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 218 St, 360 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 218 St Bx7, Bx20
    360 feet
    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.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 218 St & Broadway 27 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5080 Broadway Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 August 2022.

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; the corner is on the edge of the Inwood Hill Park area
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Park Terrace East

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Terrace East

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

South side of West 218th Street

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

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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Ecc School
    850 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School - Inwood School
    950 feet
  3. Zeta Charter Schools - Inwood School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. International Resource for Parenting Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Amber Charter School Inwood School
    1,000 feet
  3. Manhattan Christian Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    940 feet
  2. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  3. Inwood Hill Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    60 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Terrace East 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.