Audubon Avenue & West 174th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church of the Incarnation RC is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St, 490 feet away, for the M3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St M3
    490 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 175 St 23 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.3 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
185 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 1922.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and June 2019, 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

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 174th Street

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

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 7 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, recorded mostly as Art Moderne. They were built between 1913 and 1936.

  1. Highbridge Play Center Promenade Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Incarnation School
    400 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    920 feet
  2. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    520 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    740 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 174th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.