St Nicholas Avenue & West 174th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights is 310 feet away, and J Hood Wright Recreation Center is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    1,120 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,260 feet
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St M3
    50 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 175 St 24 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
197 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1925.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2023, 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 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108710 and 113610.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Indo-Persian and neo-Georgian, one each, and built between 1913 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Plaza de las Americas.

  1. The Source Fountain by Ester Partegàs, 2015
    560 feet

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 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 recreation centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    390 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    920 feet
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  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    920 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    950 feet
  3. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    960 feet
  2. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,040 feet
  3. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    310 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
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  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    1,160 feet
  2. Highbridge Recreation Center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    690 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    780 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 37 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 174th 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.