Wadsworth Avenue & West 177th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 177th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. United Palace Theatre is 440 feet away, and J. Hood Wright Park is 1,090 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 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 54 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
W 178 St/Broadway · M5, M98
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    800 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 178 St/Broadway, 460 feet away, for the M5 and M98.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 178 St/Broadway M5, M98 · Countdown sign
    460 feet
    M5 M98
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 177th Street.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 175 St 24 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,190 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    1,180 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
191 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 177th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 177th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. School in the Square Public Charter School
    650 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    720 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Incarnation School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    1,020 feet
  4. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  5. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 35 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 177th Street.

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