Audubon Avenue & West 187th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 187th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Holy Cross Armenian Church is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 188 St · M101
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 187th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 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. 181 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 181 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 188 St, 610 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 188 St M101 · Shelter
    610 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 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 four 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 May 2024.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1914 and 1925.

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
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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 187th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 187th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva University High School
    410 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    410 feet
  3. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 189 School
    730 feet
  3. St Elizabeth School
    780 feet
  4. Yeshiva University College
    880 feet
  5. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    520 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    770 feet
  3. Wallenberg Playground
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    890 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Audubon Avenue or West 187th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.