St Nicholas Avenue & West 178th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 178th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 966 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 178 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    780 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
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 181 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

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 178 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 178 St M3
    50 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 179 St 35 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, 1,100 feet 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Turn calming, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 966 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 790th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 637 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
181 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 178th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 178th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Indo-Persian, and built between 1929 and 1930.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    590 feet
  3. School in the Square Public Charter School
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    1,110 feet
  3. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    890 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    670 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,140 feet
  4. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  5. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  6. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    880 feet
  2. Washington Bridge Post Office
    1,210 feet
  3. Older adult center at 516 West 181st Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Heights Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    860 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 178th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.