Wadsworth Avenue & West 183rd Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 183rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dos Puentes Elementary School is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 184 St · M3
Within a walk
31 places
12 religious buildings, 11 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 183rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    760 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
    1,140 feet
    A
  2. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

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 184 St, 460 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 184 St M3
    460 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 185 St 21 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    620 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
183 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,100 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 1910 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 183rd Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 183rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 108737.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 career or business center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    250 feet
  3. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    270 feet
Show all 13
  1. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    540 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  4. School in the Square Public Charter School
    1,090 feet
  5. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,100 feet
  6. St Elizabeth School
    1,120 feet
  7. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,190 feet
  8. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    1,200 feet
  9. J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt School
    1,220 feet
  10. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    900 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    970 feet
  3. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  4. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    1,070 feet
  2. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet
  3. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 31 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 183rd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.