Broadway & Academy Street

Broadway and Academy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2026, 2,917 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. High School for Excellence and Innovation is 350 feet away, and the Engine 95/Ladder 36 firehouse is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Dyckman St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Dyckman St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Broadway/W 204 St · Bx7
Within a walk
28 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Academy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Dyckman St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dyckman St A
    660 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Inwood-207 St A
    1,140 feet
    A
  2. Dyckman St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 204 St, 480 feet away, for the Bx7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 204 St Bx7 · Shelter
    480 feet
    Bx7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seaman Ave & Beak St 21 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Staff Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4880 Broadway Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,917 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Broadway2,191
Southbound on Broadway726
Total2,917

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10034
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Inwood
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 201 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2013 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Academy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Academy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114485 and 114498.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1785.

  1. Dyckman House Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harold O. Levy School
    350 feet
  2. High School for Excellence and Innovation School
    350 feet
  3. Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies School
    350 feet
Show all 9
  1. Amistad Dual Language School
    400 feet
  2. Muscota School
    400 feet
  3. God Is Love Reaching the Heights Pre-K
    660 feet
  4. Nicholas Cardell Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  5. Children’s in Victory Day Care at 644 West 204th Street Pre-K
    880 feet
  6. The Equity Project Charter School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
    830 feet
  2. RING - Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden
    840 feet
  3. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Inwood Hill Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Anne Loftus Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Whale Back Rock in Inwood Hill Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Quisqueya Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Inwood Library–joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building Library
    380 feet
  2. Dyckman House Museum Historic site
    640 feet
  3. William Dyckman House Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dyckman Spanish 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Inwood Post Office Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 84 Vermilyea Avenue Older adult center
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 95/Ladder 36 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Academy Street or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.