Audubon Avenue & West 185th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 185th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Yeshiva University is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 184 St · M3
Within a walk
27 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 185th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    1,250 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 191 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 181 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

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 Saint Nicholas Av/W 184 St, 530 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 184 St M3
    530 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 186 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 May 2023.

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
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
194 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,300 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 1911 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Audubon Avenue

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

West side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 185th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 185th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113047.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva University College
    310 feet
  2. Yeshiva University High School
    740 feet
  3. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt School
    880 feet
  3. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
    880 feet
  4. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. P.S. 189 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    340 feet
  2. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park Park feature
    850 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Washington Bridge Post Office
    1,060 feet
  2. Older adult center at 516 West 181st Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  3. Washington Heights Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 13/Engine 93/Ladder 45 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 185th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.