Wadsworth Avenue & West 173rd Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 173rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights is 520 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 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Broadway/W 173 St · M5
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    930 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
    1,090 feet
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 173 St, 150 feet away, for the M5.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 173 St M5
    150 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    570 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
    230 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
211 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 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 1916 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    570 feet
  3. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Incarnation School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    610 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    700 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 30 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 173rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.