page_title: Washington Heights, Manhattan
section_title: Elevation changes
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Heights, Manhattan / Geography / Elevation changes
caption_attribution_description: Stairs at southern end of en:Pinehurst Avenue in the corner of 181st Street in en:Hudson Heights en:Manhattan en:NYC en:Category:Photographs by User:Petri Krohn
context_page_description: Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan Island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the British forces. Washington Heights is bordered by Inwood to the north along Dyckman Street, Harlem to the south along 155th Street, the Harlem River and Coogan's Bluff to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. As of 2016, it has a population of 201,590.
  Washington Heights is part of Manhattan Community District 12, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10032, 10033, and 10040. It is patrolled by the 33rd and 34th Precincts of the New York City Police Department.
context_section_description: Because of their abrupt, hilly topography, pedestrian navigation in Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx is facilitated by many step streets.  The longest of these in Washington Heights, at approximately 130 stairs and with an elevation gain of approximately 65 feet, connects Fort Washington Avenue and Overlook Terrace at 187th Street.
  Pedestrians can use the elevators at the 181st Street subway station, with entrances on Overlook Terrace and Fort Washington Avenue  at 184th Street and similarly at the 190th Street station to make the large elevation change. Only the 184th Street pedestrian connection is handicap accessible. When originally built, fare control for both of these stations was in the station house, outside the elevators, which meant that they could only be used by paying a subway fare, but both had fare control moved down to the mezzanine level in 1957, making the elevators free for neighborhood residents to use, and providing easier pedestrian connection between Hudson Heights and the rest of Washington Heights. There is also a pedestrian tunnel and free elevator connection at the 191st IRT station.
caption: Stairs running from the end of Pinehurst Avenue down to West 181st Street
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