Cross Bronx Expressway & Wadsworth Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and Wadsworth Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church is 270 feet away, and Dos Puentes Elementary School is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
W 179 St/Wadsworth Av · M98
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Wadsworth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    1,030 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    1,170 feet
    A
  2. 181 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Great Waves of Immigration” (2023) by Carmen Lizardo at the 181 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 179 St/Wadsworth Av, 170 feet away, for the M98.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 179 St/Wadsworth Av M98
    170 feet
    M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 179 St 35 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and Indo-Persian, one each, and built between 1911 and 1930.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    250 feet
  2. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    1,020 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 8
  1. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    1,100 feet
  2. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    1,100 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,120 feet
  4. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,120 feet
  5. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,040 feet
  4. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,030 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Wadsworth Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.