Fort Washington Avenue & West 174th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a three-way junction 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. J. Hood Wright Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 174 St · M4
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 174 St, 90 feet away, for the M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 174 St M4 · Shelter
    90 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.

  • 33 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,040 feet by car along the streets.

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

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
192 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1920 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 160 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 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

North side of West 174th Street

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

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Indo-Persian and neo-Georgian, one each, and built between 1913 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Plaza de las Americas.

  1. The Source Fountain by Ester Partegàs, 2015
    620 feet
  2. 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece Sculpture by Terry Fugate-Wilcox, 1974
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    240 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    340 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    40 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    110 feet
  3. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 174th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.