Audubon Avenue & West 189th Street

Audubon Avenue and West 189th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wallenberg Playground is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1924, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Audubon Avenue & West 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 191 St 1
    910 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    1

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St, 460 feet away, for the M3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St M3
    460 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 189 St 21 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 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
    1.4 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
208 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1915 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 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
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Audubon Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Audubon Avenue

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

North side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 7 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 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 189 School
    470 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    930 feet
  3. Yeshiva University High School
    930 feet
Show all 10
  1. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. High School for Health Careers and Sciences School
    1,210 feet
  4. High School for Law and Public Service School
    1,210 feet
  5. High School for Media and Communications School
    1,210 feet
  6. The College Academy School
    1,210 feet
  7. St Elizabeth School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    520 feet
  2. Wallenberg Playground
    520 feet
  3. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 19 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 189th 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.