St Nicholas Avenue & Wadsworth Avenue

St Nicholas Avenue and Wadsworth Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. High School for Law and Public Service is 910 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 nine public places, five of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St · M3
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & Wadsworth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    560 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 Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St, 140 feet away, for the M3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St M3
    140 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 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
    420 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
206 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 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 67 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
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on St Nicholas Avenue (east side).

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

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

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114667.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    640 feet
  2. Ft George Playground
    860 feet
  3. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    500 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 18 places to eat and 17 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 St Nicholas Avenue or Wadsworth 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.