West 186th Street & Overlook Terrace

West 186th Street and Overlook Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Edith Prentiss Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Birch Family-Washington Heights is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 187 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 186th Street & Overlook Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 191 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 190 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 187 St, 620 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 185 St 21 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    850 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes 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 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
155 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Edith Prentiss Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 3,800 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Edith Prentiss Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Overlook Terrace

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 186th Street

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

South side of West 186th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    160 feet
  2. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    540 feet
  3. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    830 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    1,070 feet
  4. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  5. Renaissance Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Rest Nature area
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    810 feet
  3. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    430 feet

Fire and police

  1. 34th Precinct Police station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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