Audubon Avenue & West 173rd Street

Audubon Avenue and West 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Park is 520 feet away, and Kipp Star Elementary Charter School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 173 St · M3
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 173 St, 540 feet away, for the M3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 173 St M3
    540 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 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
    770 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
    1,060 feet
  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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
187 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1923.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 6 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 173rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Moderne. They were built between 1913 and 1936.

  1. Highbridge Play Center Promenade Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    670 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    520 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    830 feet
  3. CPF Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    590 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 173rd 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.