Haven Avenue & West 169th Street

Haven Avenue and West 169th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Haven Plaza is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 170 St · M4
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 dog run and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Haven Avenue & West 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,080 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 170 St, 460 feet away, for the M4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 170 St M4
    460 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Haven Avenue.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 168 St & Fort Washington Ave 48 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1917 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Haven Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 2 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

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,180 feet
  2. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Haven Avenue or West 169th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.