Fort Washington Avenue & West 178th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 178th Street meet at a five-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Víctor Víctor Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 179 St · M4
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    200 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
    810 feet
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 179 St, 210 feet away, for the M4.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 179 St M4
    210 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

West 178th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 180 St & Fort Washington Ave 24 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

A ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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 (North)
Elevation
201 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Víctor Víctor Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 1910 and 1924.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Víctor Víctor Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 178th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 178th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1911 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,000 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    660 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Fort Washington Park
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    440 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 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, I 95 or West 178th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.