Wadsworth Avenue & West 174th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Broadway/W 173 St · M5
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    730 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
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 173 St, 180 feet away, for the M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    900 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 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
207 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1914 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    260 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
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Incarnation School
    770 feet
  2. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,310 feet
  3. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    650 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    720 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    360 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 174th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.