Neighborhood
Washington Heights
- grade B+Overall Grade
- Rating 3.31 out of 5 251 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade B
- Crime & Safetygrade C
- Housinggrade C minus
- Nightlifegrade A+
- Good for Familiesgrade B+
- Diversitygrade A
- Jobsgrade C minus
- Weathergrade B minus
- Cost of Livinggrade C minus
- Health & Fitnessgrade A
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade A
- Commutegrade A minus
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Median Home Value
$493,186
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$217,500Median Rent
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Washington Heights Rankings
Niche ranks thousands of neighborhoods based on key statistics from the U.S. Census and and expert insights.
Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade C
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault772.6national 282.7
- Murder3.8national 6.1
- RapeNo data availablenational 40.7
- Robbery166.6national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary79.8national 500.1
- Theft1,116.7national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft39.6national 284
Residents
Diversity
grade A
Based on ethnic and economic diversity.
Median Household Income
$54,527
National
$62,843Families with Children
21%
Top Public Schools Serving Washington Heights
- grade A+
Stuyvesant High School
- Rating 4.07 out of 5 1,046 reviews
- grade A+
Bronx High School of Science
- Rating 3.84 out of 5 941 reviews
- grade A+
Townsend Harris High School
- Rating 4.19 out of 5 630 reviews
- grade A+
High School Math Science & Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY)
- Rating 4.05 out of 5 190 reviews
- grade A+
High School of American Studies at Lehman College
- Rating 4.04 out of 5 129 reviews
Top Private Schools in Washington Heights
- grade A+
Yeshiva University High School for Boys
- Rating 4.21 out of 5 19 reviews
- grade unavailable
Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
- grade unavailable
St. Elizabeth School
- Rating 4.6 out of 5 5 reviews
- grade unavailable
Mesivta Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
- grade unavailable
Bright Horizons at New York Presbyterian Hospital Uptown
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Rating 3.31 out of 5 251 reviews
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Access to two subway lines. Finding street parking is terrible. Rampant double parking on narrow streets.
The surrounding parks are great! Hudson River greenway, Highbridge, Morris-Jummel Park. Even Trinity Cemetery is pretty.
I found the food so-so. 145th area has more varied options. Bodegas are decent.
The neighborhood is REALLY loud, especially in the summer, which really bothers me personally. Music blasting from the street and apartments, loud talking, cars/motorbikes revving, fireworks, shaking bass.
People congregate and drink on the sidewalk all night when the weather is nice. I know this is a cultural trait, and people are respectful. Also means there’s loud music and broken beer cans and trash the next morning.
All and all. An interesting experience. Relatively quiet during winter, crazy during summer. Found the neighborhood frenetic, chaotic and dirty.
White male in his 20s. Moved here because of grad school. Take my comments with a grain of salt. :)
The surrounding parks are great! Hudson River greenway, Highbridge, Morris-Jummel Park. Even Trinity Cemetery is pretty.
I found the food so-so. 145th area has more varied options. Bodegas are decent.
The neighborhood is REALLY loud, especially in the summer, which really bothers me personally. Music blasting from the street and apartments, loud talking, cars/motorbikes revving, fireworks, shaking bass.
People congregate and drink on the sidewalk all night when the weather is nice. I know this is a cultural trait, and people are respectful. Also means there’s loud music and broken beer cans and trash the next morning.
All and all. An interesting experience. Relatively quiet during winter, crazy during summer. Found the neighborhood frenetic, chaotic and dirty.
White male in his 20s. Moved here because of grad school. Take my comments with a grain of salt. :)
Located in northern Manhattan, I enjoy that Washington Heights is a safe are of New York City. It's close to good restaurants all along 181st St., close to parks (like Riverside Park), and near reliable transit. It's also a growing community given the amount of students that are coming up to this area to be closer to the CUMC campus. I feel happy to have found a neighborhood that I can thoroughly recommend to friends, and still be close to the family I have across the GWB!
I have lived here my whole life and a lot has changed. I used to feel safe in my neighborhood. Everyone knew eachother and it created a safe environment. I cannot say the same for what this neighborhood is currently like. There are a lot more drug users in the streets and it is unsafe for children to be outside. Many of the drug users sleep on the streets and use their drugs in public while others are around. If there was one thing I could change about this neighborhood, it would be to make it safer. A young woman like myself and others can no longer walk in the street without the fear of being followed or seeing someone use drugs.