St Nicholas Avenue & West 175th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 175th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church of the Incarnation RC is 120 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 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St · M3
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 175th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    1,010 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
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 174 St, 270 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 175 St 24 docks in all
    420 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
    1,030 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
195 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 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110227 and 111247.

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
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    310 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    650 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    1,220 feet
  4. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    960 feet
  2. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    230 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
Show all 4
  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    570 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 39 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 175th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.