St Nicholas Avenue & West 167th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 167th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mitchel Square is 40 feet away, and Capilla Evangelica Church is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along St Nicholas Avenue.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
210 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 168 St · T204
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 167th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    210 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 175 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 168 St, 70 feet away, for the T204.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 168 St T204
    70 feet
    T204

Next buses at this stop

  1. T204 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 168 St 31 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
171 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1910 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and August 2026, 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 (west side).

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of West 167th Street

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

South side of West 167th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113084.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1897 and 1898.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mitchel Square.

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    70 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    540 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    1,030 feet
  2. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    40 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    670 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 167th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.