Haven Avenue & West 170th Street

Haven Avenue and West 170th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Haven Plaza is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about five 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 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
430 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 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,320 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, 430 feet away, for the M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Haven Avenue and West 170th Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 168 St & Fort Washington Ave 48 docks in all
    770 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
170 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Haven Avenue

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

North side of West 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 170th Street

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

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 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    910 feet
  2. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    990 feet
  3. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.

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 170th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.