Audubon Avenue & West 172nd Street

Audubon Avenue and West 172nd 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. Audubon Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1922, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 172 St · M101
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,140 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. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 172 St, 560 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 172 St M101 · Shelter
    560 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 172 St 9 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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
191 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1922.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Audubon Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 172nd Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1897 and 1936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Incarnation School
    940 feet
  2. Castle Bridge School
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    530 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    570 feet
  3. CPF Playground
    890 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    680 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 172nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.