West 181st Street & Pinehurst Avenue

West 181st Street and Pinehurst Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bennett Park is 490 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 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 181 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 181st Street & Pinehurst Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 181st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at West 181st Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1,050 feet 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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
207 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 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 1914 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and February 2026, 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 (north side).

East side of Pinehurst Avenue

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

West side of Pinehurst Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 181st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109597 and 110911.

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.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Park
    490 feet
  2. Plaza Lafayette Park
    590 feet
  3. Bennett Park Playground
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Washington Park
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 181st Street Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Hudson View Gardens Listed historic place
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fort Washington Collegiate Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pinehurst Avenue or West 181st Street.

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