Fort Washington Avenue & West 177th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 177th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is 590 feet away, and P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights is 920 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 30 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 177 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 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    60 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
    1,130 feet
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 177 St, 40 feet away, for the M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Washington Avenue and West 177th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cabrini Blvd & W 177 St 24 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 360 feet 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2024

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 (North)
Elevation
199 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1911 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2013 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 177th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 177th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 Gothic Revival and Indo-Persian, one each, and built between 1911 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
    740 feet
  2. The Source Fountain by Ester Partegàs, 2015
    750 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
    770 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    920 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    340 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    790 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
    1,050 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  3. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  4. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 177th 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.