St Nicholas Avenue & West 177th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 177th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School is 330 feet away, and NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 176 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    1,040 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    1,190 feet
    A
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 miles
    1 A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Great Waves of Immigration” (2023) by Carmen Lizardo at the 181 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 176 St, 160 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 177th Street.

  • 52 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
    900 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Turn calming, May 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
191 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs 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
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of West 177th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 177th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111751 and 113124.

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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    330 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Incarnation School
    850 feet
  2. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,040 feet
  3. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    770 feet
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  1. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    940 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,120 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 177th 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.