St Nicholas Avenue & Fort George Avenue

St Nicholas Avenue and Fort George Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Ft George Playground is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Ft George Av/Fort George Hill · M101
Within a walk
8 places
5 schools, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & Fort George Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    640 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ft George Av/Fort George Hill, 160 feet away, for the M101.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ft George Av/Fort George Hill M101 · Shelter
    160 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Fort George Avenue and St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Audubon Ave & Fort George Ave 23 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
203 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • 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 1920 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 164 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 193rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 193rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Equity Project Charter School (The) School
    490 feet
  2. High School for Health Careers and Sciences School
    820 feet
  3. High School for Law and Public Service School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School for Media and Communications School
    820 feet
  2. The College Academy School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    550 feet
  2. Ft George Playground
    770 feet
  3. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 16 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort George Avenue, St Nicholas Avenue or West 193rd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.