Edgecombe Avenue & West 159th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 159th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Roger Morris Park is 320 feet away, and Hooper Fountain is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 160 St · M2
Within a walk
29 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    970 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. C …
Downtown
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    1,070 feet
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edgecombe Av/W 160 St, 180 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 160 St M2
    180 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Edgecombe Avenue and West 159th Street.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 159 St & Edgecombe Ave 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 159th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 159th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 51 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,150 feet
  2. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,200 feet
  3. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    70 feet
  2. Roger Morris Park
    320 feet
  3. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    340 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bushman Steps Park
    530 feet
  2. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    630 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,100 feet
  5. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
  6. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Washington Heights Library
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  4. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    620 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 159th Street.

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