Fort Washington Avenue & West 190th Street

Fort Washington Avenue and West 190th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fort Tryon Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 190 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them park features, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
190 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 190 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
11 places
2 park features, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Washington Avenue & West 190th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 190 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 190 St A
    790 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. 191 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 190 St, 110 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 190 St M4, M98 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M4 M98
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Washington Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 190 St 19 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Fort Tryon Place & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
233 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 2,900 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 1937 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and May 2025; 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 18 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 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of West 190th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Washington Heights School
    460 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    670 feet
  3. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Rest Nature area
    310 feet
  2. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Jacob Javits Playground
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,240 feet
  2. Billings Terrace in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Fort Tryon Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 190th Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Fort Washington Avenue or West 190th 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.