St Nicholas Avenue & Fort George Hill

St Nicholas Avenue and Fort George Hill meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The College Academy is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about three 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 16 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
9 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill · M3
Within a walk
8 places
5 schools, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    770 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 190 St A
    0.4 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 Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill, 90 feet away, for the M3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/Fort George Hill M3
    90 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 12 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. Audubon Ave & Fort George Ave 23 docks in all
    470 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. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
193 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1922 and 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and October 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fairview Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fairview Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fort George Hill

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    620 feet
  2. High School for Health Careers and Sciences School
    950 feet
  3. High School for Law and Public Service School
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School for Media and Communications School
    950 feet
  2. The College Academy School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    510 feet
  2. Ft George Playground
    800 feet
  3. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 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 Fairview Avenue, Fort George Hill or St Nicholas Avenue.

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.