West 187th Street & Overlook Terrace

West 187th Street and Overlook Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Fort Washington Av/W 187 St · M4, M98
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 187th Street & Overlook Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St A
    840 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 190 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Washington Av/W 187 St, 210 feet away, for the M4 and M98.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pinehurst Ave & W 187 St 20 docks in all
    560 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. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    1,070 feet
  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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
147 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1929 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Overlook Terrace

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 187th Street

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

South side of West 187th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Birch Family-Washington Heights School
    570 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
    660 feet
Show all 9
  1. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Renaissance Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch School
    950 feet
  4. Yeshivath Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  5. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,090 feet
  6. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bennett Rest Nature area
    900 feet
  2. Bennett Park
    940 feet
  3. Bennett Park Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Amelia Gorman Park
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Fort Tryon Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church House of worship
    700 feet
  3. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90 Bennett Avenue Older adult center
    840 feet
  2. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 187th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.