Fort Washington Avenue & West 172nd Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J. Hood Wright Park is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 172 St · M4
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 pedestrian plazas and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    640 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
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 181 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 172 St, 100 feet away, for the M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 172 St M4 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 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
    230 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
    1,090 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 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 February 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
185 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 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 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 172nd Street

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

South side of West 172nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    510 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    310 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    400 feet
  3. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet
  2. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  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 13 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 172nd 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.