Pinehurst Avenue & West 185th Street

Pinehurst Avenue and West 185th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bennett Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 185 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pinehurst Avenue & West 185th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 181 St A
    470 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 190 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 185 St, 340 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 185 St M4, M98
    340 feet
    M4 M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pinehurst Ave & W 187 St 20 docks in all
    680 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. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
257 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 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 1924 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 133 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pinehurst Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 185th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 185th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    540 feet
  3. Renaissance Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    40 feet
  2. Bennett Park Playground
    100 feet
  3. Bennett Rest Nature area
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hudson View Gardens Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. 181st Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pinehurst Avenue or West 185th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.