Audubon Avenue & West 186th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 186th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West 186th Street Basketball Court is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about six 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 31 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St · M3
Within a walk
27 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 186th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 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. 191 St 1
    0.3 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 187 St, 580 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St M3
    580 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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
    390 feet

By car

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

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
196 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 1912 and 1927.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 186th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111495.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva University High School
    460 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    460 feet
  3. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Yeshiva University College
    600 feet
  2. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 189 School
    1,010 feet
  4. St Elizabeth School
    1,060 feet
  5. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,150 feet
  6. J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt School
    1,170 feet
  7. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    240 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    880 feet
  3. Wallenberg Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    520 feet
  3. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare 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 31 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 186th 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.