Wadsworth Avenue & West 175th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 175th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “The Source” is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Broadway/W 175 St · Bx7, M5, M100
Within a walk
22 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 175th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    620 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 175 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx7, M5 and M100.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 175 St Bx7, M5, M100
    310 feet
    Bx7 M5 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M5 …
  3. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 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
    60 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
    640 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
204 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1913 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and March 2026, 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

North side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 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
    90 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    510 feet
  3. Incarnation School
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    840 feet
  2. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,040 feet
  4. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    730 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    100 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    210 feet
  3. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    480 feet
Show all 6
  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    810 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 36 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 175th 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.