Wadsworth Avenue & West 191st Street

Wadsworth Avenue and West 191st Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Amelia Gorman Park is 540 feet away, and American Dream Charter School II is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St · M3
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wadsworth Avenue & West 191st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 191 St 1
    440 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 192 St, 610 feet away, for the M3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St M3
    610 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
214 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1920 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Wadsworth Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 191st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 191st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,210 feet
  2. St Elizabeth School
    1,210 feet
  3. Equity Project Charter School (The) School
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    540 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 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 191st 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.