Audubon Avenue & West 177th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 177th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Sgt. Jose Enrique Ulloa Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

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Audubon Avenue & West 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.5 miles
    1 A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Great Waves of Immigration” (2023) by Carmen Lizardo at the 181 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 178 St/Audubon Av, 350 feet away, for the M98.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 178 St/Audubon Av M98
    350 feet
    M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 177th Street.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Audubon Ave & W 179 St 23 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, 910 feet by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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

This corner is also named Sgt. Jose Enrique Ulloa Way, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sgt. Jose Enrique Ulloa Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and November 2022, 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 177th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 177th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 fire station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    330 feet
  3. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
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  1. Incarnation School
    860 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    500 feet
  2. Quisqueya Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    820 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,110 feet
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  1. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Washington Bridge Post Office
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 516 West 181st Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  3. Washington Heights Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 13/Engine 93/Ladder 45 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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