St Nicholas Avenue & West 176th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 176th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “The Source” is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 176 St · M3
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 176th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    1,290 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St 1
    1,300 feet
    1
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 176 St, 130 feet away, for the M3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 176 St M3
    130 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 53 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
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    1,310 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017

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
202 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 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 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

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
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    370 feet
  2. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    370 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Incarnation School
    590 feet
  2. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    950 feet
  2. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    1,190 feet
  4. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 37 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 176th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.