Fort Washington Avenue & West 185th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 185th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation is 100 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, three of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 185 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 185th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 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. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 190 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 185 St, 100 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 185 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.

  • 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
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1924 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 185th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 185th Street

  • No parking 3 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.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    280 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Renaissance Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    50 feet
  2. Bennett Park Playground
    100 feet
  3. Bennett Rest Nature area
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and nine 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 185th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.