Fort Washington Avenue & West 169th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 169th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Playground is 1,080 feet away, and P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights is 1,280 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 12 public places, three of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 170 St · M4
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    790 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 170 St, 160 feet away, for the M4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 170 St M4
    160 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 41 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
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.4 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
    1,200 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

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
173 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 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 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 TUESDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 169th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. Castle Bridge School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Mitchel Square
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 169th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.