Wadsworth Avenue & West 189th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 189th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Elizabeths Church is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St · M3
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    860 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
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.4 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 189 St, 430 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St M3
    430 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 190 St & St Nicholas Ave 28 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
195 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1917 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    690 feet
  2. St Elizabeth School
    690 feet
  3. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,050 feet
  4. P.S. 189 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 22 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wadsworth Avenue or West 189th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.