West 179th Street & West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass

West 179th Street and West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Fort Washington Library is 90 feet away, and George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
W 179 St/Saint Nicholas Av · M98
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 179th Street & West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    710 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 181 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Great Waves of Immigration” (2023) by Carmen Lizardo at the 181 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 179 St/Saint Nicholas Av, 180 feet away, for the M98.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 179 St/Saint Nicholas Av M98
    180 feet
    M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Audubon Ave & W 179 St 23 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 179th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109465 and 114253.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    700 feet
  2. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    760 feet
  2. Quisqueya Playground
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    330 feet
  3. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    480 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    730 feet
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  1. Prince of Peace Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Washington Bridge Post Office
    740 feet
  2. Older adult center at 516 West 181st Street Older adult center
    800 feet
  3. Washington Heights Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 13/Engine 93/Ladder 45 Fire station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    780 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 33 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 178-179th Street Pedestrian Overpass or West 179th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.