Bennett Avenue & West 186th Street

Bennett Avenue and West 186th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Broadway/W 185 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 185 St, 560 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 185 St Bx7, M100 · Shelter
    560 feet
    Bx7 M100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 185 St 21 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • 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 1923 and 1941.

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
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bennett Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO SCHOOL FACULTY SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bennett Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

North side of West 186th Street

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

South side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    180 feet
  2. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    470 feet
  2. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    520 feet
  3. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,080 feet
  4. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    1,230 feet
  5. St Elizabeth School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bennett Avenue or West 186th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.