West 218th Street & Park Terrace West

West 218th Street and Park Terrace West meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan, at the edge of Inwood Hill Park. The corner lies on the edge of the Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Indian Road Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Broadway/W 218 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 218th Street & Park Terrace West 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
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 218 St, 740 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 218 St Bx7, Bx20
    740 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5080 Broadway Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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; the corner is on the edge of the Inwood Hill Park area
Elevation
53 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 2,100 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 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Park Terrace West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Park Terrace West

  • No parking 5 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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District.

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

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Amber Charter School Inwood School
    910 feet
  2. International Resource for Parenting Trade or language school
    910 feet
  3. School in the Square Ecc School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    740 feet
  2. Inwood Hill Park
    800 feet
  3. Pats Lawn in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Indian Road Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Nature Center in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    40 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Park Terrace West 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.