Washington Heights (South)

Neighborhood · Manhattan

Washington Heights (South) occupies the lower part of Washington Heights, from 155th Street north to about 177th Street west of Broadway and 180th Street east of it, between the Hudson River and Highbridge Park.

  • 0.75 square miles
  • 72,037 residents, 2020 Census
  • 172 street corners
  • 5 subway stations
  • 16 bus routes

The neighborhood is named for Fort Washington, the Continental Army fort built on Manhattan's highest ground during the Revolution, and dense apartment blocks came only after the IRT subway was extended north. Its landmarks include the Morris-Jumel Mansion, built in 1765, used by George Washington as a headquarters and now Manhattan's oldest surviving house, and Audubon Terrace near Broadway at 155th Street, built for cultural institutions between 1904 and 1930.

Sources: Washington Heights, Manhattan (Wikipedia); About (Morris-Jumel Mansion); Audubon Terrace (Wikipedia); Highbridge Park (NYC Parks).

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Washington Heights (South) borders three areas, and Amsterdam Avenue and St Nicholas Avenue hold more of its corners than any other street, 27 each of 172.

Street map of Washington Heights (South), Manhattan, outlined among Highbridge Park, Washington Heights (North) and Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, with its five subway stations and Fort Washington Park.Washington Heights (North)Highbridge ParkHamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • 175 St lines A accessible
  • 168 St / 168 St-Washington Hts lines 1 A C
  • 163 St-Amsterdam Av lines C
  • 157 St lines 1
  • 155 St lines C

Getting around

Five subway stations and buses on 16 routes stop in or at the edge of Washington Heights (South).

  • 5 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 16 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx3
  • Bx6
  • Bx6-SBS
  • Bx7
  • Bx11
  • Bx13
  • Bx35
  • Bx36
  • M2
  • M3
  • M4
  • M5
  • M98
  • M100
  • M101
  • T204

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Manhattan corner.

  • 2,098 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 12.2 a corner, on average
  • 13.4 the average Manhattan corner
  • 15 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 69 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
47
Accessible pedestrian signals
20
Turn calming
11
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
6
Enhanced crossings
4
Safety Improvement Projects
4

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 3,653 school-zone speed camera tickets at six corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Broadway & West 155th Street, 1,100

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 72,037 residents in Washington Heights (South), about 96,000 per square mile.

  • 28,457 homes, 2020 Census
  • 565 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 996 residential lots hold buildings from 1910 or earlier, and 95% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
64.1 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Fort Washington Park (53.3 acres), J. Hood Wright Park (6.7 acres) and Roger Morris Park (1.6 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Fort Washington Presbyterian Church, 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments, the United Palace and the Fire Engine Company No. 84 and Hook & Ladder Company No. 34
Historic districts
Audubon Park, Audubon Terrace and Jumel Terrace, wholly or partly within Washington Heights (South)

Streets and trees

Trees
4,030 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, pin oak and London planetree
Street with the most corners
Amsterdam Avenue, with 27 of the area's 172
Honorary street names
27 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 20 schools and two libraries in Washington Heights (South).

Public schools
15
Charter and private schools
5
Libraries
Fort Washington Library and Washington Heights Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 21 bike-share stations stand in Washington Heights (South). The City's public art inventory lists three works in the area: Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial (1922), 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece (1974) and The Source (2015).

  • 21 bike-share stations
  • 3 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 875 major felonies at places in Washington Heights (South).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Washington Heights (South)

  • 869 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,232 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Washington Heights (South), the NYPD recorded another 106 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 13.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Washington Heights (South).

Police precincts
33rd (most of the area), 34th
Major felonies recorded at places in Washington Heights (South), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 407 major felonies at places in Washington Heights (South), against 411 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.