Cross Bronx Expressway & West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass

Cross Bronx Expressway and West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass 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. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights is 360 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 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
181 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
W 179 St/Saint Nicholas Av · M98
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    830 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
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 181 St A
    0.4 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/Saint Nicholas Av, 310 feet away, for the M98.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 179 St/Saint Nicholas Av M98
    310 feet
    M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Audubon Ave & W 179 St 23 docks in all
    410 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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)

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 1910 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    830 feet
  2. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    890 feet
  2. Quisqueya Playground
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    600 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    850 feet
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  1. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Washington Bridge Post Office
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 516 West 181st Street Older adult center
    930 feet
  3. Washington Heights Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 13/Engine 93/Ladder 45 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.