Fort Washington Avenue & West 176th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 176th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J Hood Wright Park Playground is 550 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 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 177 St · M4
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 176th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    280 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 177 St, 160 feet away, for the M4.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 177 St M4
    160 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 600 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
196 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 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

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

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

North side of West 176th Street

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

South side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Indo-Persian, and built between 1929 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in J. Hood Wright Park.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 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
    530 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    680 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    100 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    550 feet
  3. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 176th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.