Wadsworth Avenue & West 187th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 187th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Saint Elizabeth Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Elizabeths Church is 130 feet away, and St Elizabeth School is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 187 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 187th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

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

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 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
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    830 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
169 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Saint Elizabeth Way, a co-naming enacted on March 18, 2017 (Local Law 45 of 2017).

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 1916 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Saint Elizabeth Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and September 2022, 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

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 187th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 187th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Gorman Park.

  1. Gertie A. Gorman Memorial Stele by C. Fisher Weimer, 1929
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    170 feet
  2. St Elizabeth School
    170 feet
  3. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    530 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  4. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    1,200 feet
  5. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    1,240 feet
  6. Yeshiva University High School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    780 feet
  2. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 24 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 187th 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 Records, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.