Willis Avenue Bridge & Harlem River Drive

Willis Avenue Bridge and Harlem River Drive meet at a three-way junction in Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Willis Avenue Bridge. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1910, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Willis Avenue Bridge & Harlem River Drive

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Willis Avenue Bridge.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Bruckner Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 164 Willis Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 90 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 1900 and 1910.

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.