St Nicholas Avenue & West 182nd Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 182nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dos Puentes Elementary School is 390 feet away, and Highbridge Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 181 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 182nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    120 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 191 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 181 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 181 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 186 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 1,300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
185 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1909 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and December 2025; 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 9am to 7pm on West 182nd Street (south 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 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 182nd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108738, 108902, 113599 and 114740.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    390 feet
  3. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    680 feet
  2. J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt School
    810 feet
  3. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
    810 feet
  4. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    1,040 feet
  2. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    660 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 13/Engine 93/Ladder 45 Fire station
    770 feet
  2. 34th Precinct Police station
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 182nd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.