Pinehurst Avenue & West 179th Street

Pinehurst Avenue and West 179th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation is 560 feet away, and School in the Square Public Charter School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 179 St · M4
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pinehurst Avenue & West 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    720 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
    840 feet
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 179 St, 300 feet away, for the M4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 179 St M4
    300 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 180 St & Fort Washington Ave 24 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,000 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 November 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
198 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 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 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pinehurst Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Pinehurst Avenue

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

North side of West 179th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1911 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    1,120 feet
  2. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Plaza Lafayette Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    560 feet
  3. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pinehurst Avenue or West 179th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.