Haven Avenue & West 171st Street

Haven Avenue and West 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J Hood Wright Recreation Center is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 171 St · M4
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 dog run and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Haven Avenue & West 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    1,310 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 171 St, 540 feet away, for the M4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 171 St M4 · Shelter
    540 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Haven Avenue.

  • 8 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. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    900 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
182 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1917 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Haven Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 171st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 171st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten 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
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    650 feet
  2. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    730 feet
  3. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three food stores.

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

See every intersection along Haven Avenue or West 171st 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.