Wadsworth Avenue & West 190th Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 190th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Anargyri Church is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

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Wadsworth Avenue & West 190th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    610 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
    0.5 miles
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 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 190 St, 600 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 190 St M3 · Shelter
    600 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 190 St & St Nicholas Ave 28 docks in all
    450 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
    1.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
208 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 190th 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 190th Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    940 feet
  2. St Elizabeth School
    940 feet
  3. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  3. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    280 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.