Bennett Avenue & West 189th Street

Bennett Avenue and West 189th Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Broadway/W 187 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    770 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 190 St A
    1,320 feet
    A
  2. 181 St A
    0.3 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 Broadway/W 187 St, 640 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 187 St Bx7, M100 · Shelter
    640 feet
    Bx7 M100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 190 St & Broadway 21 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    1,060 feet
  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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
107 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 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 1928 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bennett Avenue

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

North side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Gorman Park.

  1. Gertie A. Gorman Memorial Stele by C. Fisher Weimer, 1929
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    980 feet
  3. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,080 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    390 feet
  2. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    390 feet
  3. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bennett Avenue or West 189th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.