Fort Washington Avenue & West 163rd Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 163rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fort Washington Park is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 164 St · M4
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 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 Fort Washington Av/W 164 St, 90 feet away, for the M4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 164 St M4 · Shelter
    90 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 163 St & Riverside Dr 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    510 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
149 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1914 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 163rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 163rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one lamppost.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Washington Park
    650 feet
  2. Lily Brown Playground
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 99 Fort Washington Avenue Older adult center
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 163rd Street.

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