Haven Avenue & West 172nd Street

Haven Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece” is 670 feet away, and Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 172 St · M4
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 dog run and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Haven Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    1,130 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 172 St, 590 feet away, for the M4.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 172 St M4 · Shelter
    590 feet
    M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Haven Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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
188 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1920 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 172nd Street

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

South side of West 172nd Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in J. Hood Wright Park.

  1. 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece Sculpture by Terry Fugate-Wilcox, 1974
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    380 feet
  2. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    460 feet
  3. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Haven Avenue or West 172nd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.