West 186th Street & Chittenden Avenue

West 186th Street and Chittenden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bennett Rest is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 12 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 187 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 nature area and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 186th Street & Chittenden Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 181 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 190 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 187 St, 950 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Washington Av/W 187 St M4, M98
    950 feet
    M4 M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pinehurst Ave & W 187 St 20 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 2022.

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
220 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1925 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Chittenden Avenue

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

West side of Chittenden Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Rest Nature area
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 186th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.