Fort Washington Avenue & West 170th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. J. Hood Wright Park is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 170 St · M4
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    980 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
    1,150 feet
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 170 St, 110 feet away, for the M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Fort Washington Avenue and West 170th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 168 St & Fort Washington Ave 48 docks in all
    520 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
176 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

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

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

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

North side of West 170th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 170th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    830 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    910 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and six 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 170th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.