West 181st Street & Magaw Place

West 181st Street and Magaw Place meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Fort Washington Collegiate Church is 110 feet away, and NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 181 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 181st Street & Magaw Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St 1
    1,200 feet
    1
  2. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 181 St, 380 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 181 St M4, M98 · Shelter
    380 feet
    M4 M98
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 180 St & Fort Washington Ave 24 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
202 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1910 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 181st Street (south side).

East side of Magaw Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Magaw Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 181st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111364, 111410, 113769 and 114304.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1911 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    790 feet
  2. I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
    980 feet
  3. Dos Puentes Elementary School
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
    1,140 feet
  2. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    780 feet
  2. Plaza Lafayette Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Bennett Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. 181st Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    940 feet
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  1. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Washington Heights Center Career or business center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,080 feet

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 181st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.