West 189th Street & Wadsworth Terrace

West 189th Street and Wadsworth Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Amelia Gorman Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St · M3
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 189th Street & Wadsworth Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 191 St 1
    1,100 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St A
    0.5 miles
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St, 670 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 189 St M3
    670 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 190 St & St Nicholas Ave 28 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 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 four 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
187 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1920 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 201 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Wadsworth Terrace

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

North side of West 189th Street

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

South side of West 189th Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Gorman Park.

  1. Gertie A. Gorman Memorial Stele by C. Fisher Weimer, 1929
    80 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  2. American Dream Charter School II School
    920 feet
  3. St Elizabeth School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    30 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeths Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Washington Heights Congregation House of worship
    740 feet
  3. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 650 West 187th Street Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 16 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 Wadsworth Terrace or West 189th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.