Fairview Avenue & Wadsworth Terrace

Fairview Avenue and Wadsworth Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Park is 1,000 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 six public places, two of them parks, and 13 places to eat. About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill · M3
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fairview Avenue & Wadsworth Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    890 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
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. Dyckman St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill, 580 feet away, for the M3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill M3
    580 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Audubon Ave & Fort George Ave 23 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
149 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1922 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 192 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Fairview Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wadsworth Terrace

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Wadsworth Terrace

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Equity Project Charter School (The) School
    1,110 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    790 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Ft George Playground
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort George Post Office
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fairview Avenue or Wadsworth Terrace.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.