Audubon Avenue & West 169th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 169th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 67 firehouse is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
W 168 St/Audubon Av · M2
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    460 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 175 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 168 St/Audubon Av, 300 feet away, for the M2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 168 St/Audubon Av M2
    300 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 168 St 31 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
175 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1910 and 1924.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1897 and 1898.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mitchel Square.

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    310 feet
  3. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    1,090 feet
  2. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    1,090 feet
  3. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    1,090 feet
  4. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Audubon Playground
    190 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    680 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. McKenna Square
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,080 feet
  2. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    310 feet
  2. 33rd Precinct Police station
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 169th Street.

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