St Nicholas Avenue & West 168th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Albert and Dorothy Rose Blumberg Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial” is 240 feet away, and Haven Plaza is 1,090 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 23 public places and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 167 St · Bx7, M3, M100
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    80 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
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 167 St, 130 feet away, for the Bx7, M3 and M100.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 167 St Bx7, M3, M100
    130 feet
    Bx7 M3 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M3 …
  3. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 168th Street.

  • 54 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
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, fewer 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 April 2026.

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
175 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Albert and Dorothy Rose Blumberg Way, a co-naming enacted on June 24, 2017 (Local Law 110 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1924.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Albert and Dorothy Rose Blumberg Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 168th Street

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

South side of West 168th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109146 and 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
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    280 feet
  3. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,110 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    1,190 feet
  2. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    1,190 feet
  3. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    1,190 feet
  4. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    80 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    500 feet
  3. McKenna Square
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
  2. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    920 feet
  2. 33rd Precinct Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 168th 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 Records, 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.