Fort Washington Avenue & West 168th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mitchel Square is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 168 St · M4
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    780 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 168 St, 100 feet away, for the M4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 168 St M4 · Shelter
    100 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.

  • 37 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. W 168 St & Fort Washington Ave 48 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    950 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2006

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)

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1917 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 168th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ARMORY PERSONNEL
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 168th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Castle Bridge School
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    910 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    190 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 168th Street.

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