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How walkable is Washington Heights?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Washington Heights has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in The Bronx, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,514 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Washington Heights. The nearest grocery is Gristedes Supermarkets #504, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Audubon Variety4 min
- 3900 Grocery5 min
- Healthy Halal Food1 min
- Dallas BBQ1 min
- Melbran Pharmacy2 min
- Mr. Good Guy Smoke Shop2 min
- Starbucks2 min
- Kozy Fresh2 min
- Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners2 min
- Chase Bank2 min
- McKenna Square3 min
- Audubon Playground4 min
- P.S. 1283 min
- Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics4 min
- Word Up Community Bookshop5 min
- Barnes & Noble Cafe6 min
- CUMC Alumni Auditorium2 min
- Alumni Auditorium3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Washington Heights at 40.8402, -73.9402. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 74 street intersections per km², and blocks average 93 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Washington Heights
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Washington Heights. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in The Bronx
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Heights | 2 km | 96 |
| Morningside Heights | 3.9 km | 97 |
| Marble Hill | 4.7 km | 93 |
| East Harlem | 5.1 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the The Bronx page.
Questions about walking in Washington Heights
Is Washington Heights walkable?
Yes. Washington Heights in The Bronx has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Washington Heights more walkable than the rest of The Bronx?
Washington Heights is more walkable than The Bronx as a whole: it scores 94, against 90 for the 5 km around The Bronx's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in The Bronx?
Of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Morningside Heights (97), Hamilton Heights (96) and East Harlem (95).
How is the walkability score of Washington Heights calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Washington Heights it is the average of 45 points spread evenly across the 1.2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.