Fort Washington Avenue & West 171st Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J Hood Wright Park Playground is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 171 St · M4
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 dog run and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    890 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,140 feet
    1 A C
  2. 181 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 171 St, 120 feet away, for the M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 171 St M4 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

  • 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. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.3 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 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 January 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
180 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1918 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 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 3 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 171st Street

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

South side of West 171st Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    560 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    650 feet
  3. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and nine 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 171st 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.