West 186th Street & Laurel Hill Terrace

West 186th Street and Laurel Hill Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan, at the edge of Highbridge Park. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 188 St · M101
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 2 colleges and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 186th Street & Laurel Hill Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 191 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

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 Amsterdam Av/W 188 St, 780 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 188 St M101 · Shelter
    780 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 186 St 21 docks in all
    420 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. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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); the corner is on the edge of the Highbridge Park area
Elevation
173 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1938.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Laurel Hill Terrace

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 186th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated two lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva University High School
    680 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    680 feet
  3. Yeshiva University College
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 189 School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    50 feet
  2. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park Park feature
    540 feet
  3. Wallenberg Playground
    610 feet
Show all 4
  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Laurel Hill Terrace or 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.