Wadsworth Avenue & West 186th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 186th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Corporal Juan M. Alcantara Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. American Dream Charter School II is 310 feet away, and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St · M3
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 186th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St A
    0.3 miles
    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. 191 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St, 500 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St M3
    500 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 186 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
177 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Corporal Juan M. Alcantara Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Corporal Juan M. Alcantara Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

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

North side of West 186th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 186th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108915 and 113351.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    310 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  3. St Elizabeth School
    330 feet
Show all 12
  1. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    810 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    1,030 feet
  5. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    1,030 feet
  6. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    1,050 feet
  7. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    1,210 feet
  8. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    1,280 feet
  9. Yeshiva University High School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    620 feet
  2. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    320 feet
  3. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 186th 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, NYC Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.