Fort Washington Avenue & West 175th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 175th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J Hood Wright Recreation Center is 180 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 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 175th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    70 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
    0.4 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 175 St, 130 feet away, for the M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 175 St M4 · Shelter
    130 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.

  • 29 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
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 860 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    820 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
194 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 125 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 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 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 175th Street

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

South side of West 175th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    590 feet
  2. 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece Sculpture by Terry Fugate-Wilcox, 1974
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 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. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    420 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    70 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    290 feet
  3. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 175th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.