Inwood, New York

About Inwood

Inwood is a small unincorporated community in southeastern New York.

Inwood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.59 square miles.

📰 Inwood News Today

• NYC officials say they're aware of teen takeover plans for Inwood Sunday CBS News · Aug 14
• NYPD deploys 700 officers in Inwood, Washington Heights amid fears of another Dyckman takeover ABC7 New York · Aug 16
• NYPD sending hundreds of cops to stop another ‘Dyckman takeover' NBC New York · Aug 14
• Hundreds of NYPD cops heading to upper Manhattan to prevent ‘teen takeover’: officials New York Daily News · Aug 15
• Miramar by Beyer Blinder Belle opens on Inwood’s waterfront The Architect’s Newspaper · Aug 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Inwood Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of New York — one of 1,293 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Inwood

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Inwood

• All American Bagel & Barista II — bagel
• Bagel Express (café)
• Batesy’s BBQ — barbecue
• BrazMex Cafe — brazilian
• Cuisine by Caludette — coffee
• DiVino Pizzeria — pizza
• East Meets West — chinese
• Gina's Pizza Pasta Cafe & Latin Cuisine — pizza
• Johnny's Classic Quizine — jamaican
• Legend Cookhouse — caribbean

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Launch · Arcade
• JFK · Attraction
• RAA · Art gallery
• Rockaway Playland (historical) · Theme park

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Inwood

• Arverne East Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bayswater Point State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Broad Channel American Park reviews ★
• Broad Channel Park reviews ★
• Broad Channel Veteran's Park reviews ★
• Broad Channel Wetlands · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Foch Sitting Area reviews ★
• Frederick B. Judge Playground reviews ★
• Hamilton Beach Park reviews ★
• Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Jacob Riis Park reviews ★
• Locust Grove Civic Triangle reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Inwood

• JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON
• LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO
• PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
• PS 100 GLEN MORRIS
• PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)
• PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)
• PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLER
• PS 121
• PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH
• PS 47 CHRIS GALAS
• PS 96
• PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR
• PS/MS 42 R VERNAM

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Inwood

🏘️ Nearby Communities