Washington Heights & Inwood
Neighborhood Intelligence

Washington Heights and Inwood form Manhattan Community District 12, covering the northern tip of Manhattan from West 155th Street to the Harlem River Ship Canal and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, between the Hudson River and the Harlem River. Washington Heights, which extends from 155th to roughly 193rd Street, is home to the largest Dominican-American community in New York City and one of the most linguistically and culturally distinct neighborhoods in Manhattan. Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue are the main commercial corridors, lined with bodegas, Dominican restaurants, hair salons, and clothing stores.

Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood, occupies a quieter residential enclave around Inwood Hill Park — one of the last remaining stands of old-growth forest in Manhattan and the site of a traditional Lenape settlement. The New York Presbyterian–Columbia University Irving Medical Center anchors the district's economy. The housing stock is largely pre-war rental buildings, with a high share of rent-stabilized units and lower average rents than the rest of Manhattan, making the district one of the more affordable areas of the borough.