Bennett Avenue & West 181st Street

Bennett Avenue and West 181st Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
440 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Broadway/W 181 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bennett Avenue & West 181st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St A
    440 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St 1
    990 feet
    1
  2. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 181 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 181 St Bx7, M100 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    310 feet
    Bx7 M100
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 180 St & Fort Washington Ave 24 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
190 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1910 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 181st Street (south side).

East side of Bennett Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bennett Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 181st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111044, 111362 and 113769.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1911 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 career or business center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    580 feet
  2. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    770 feet
  3. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    940 feet
  2. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    1,100 feet
  4. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    1,100 feet
  2. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    870 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bennett Avenue or West 181st Street.

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