St Nicholas Avenue & West 171st Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Playground is 610 feet away, and Incarnation School is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 172 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    470 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. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 172 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 172 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 171 St & St Nicholas Ave 31 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
196 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1911 and 1923.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 171st Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 171st Street (south side).

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

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108771, 108876, 111281 and 113592.

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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    820 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Incarnation School
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Audubon Playground
    610 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    870 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    990 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    1,120 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 27 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 171st 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.