Fort Washington Avenue & West 183rd Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 183rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bennett Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
350 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 183 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 183rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St A
    350 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 183 St, 100 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 183 St M4, M98
    100 feet
    M4 M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 183 St 30 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
243 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,600 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 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 134 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 183rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    50 feet
  2. Bennett Park Playground
    470 feet
  3. Plaza Lafayette Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Hudson View Gardens Listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 183rd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.