Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue at West 71st Street

Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue and West 71st Street meet at a six-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Blessed Sacrament Church is 340 feet away, and Ansonia Post Office is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places and 111 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Broadway/W 72 St · M104
Within a walk
38 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue at West 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    250 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Laced Canopy” (2002) by Robert Hickman at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 72 St, 290 feet away, for the M104.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 72 St M104
    290 feet
    M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 70 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 2148 Broadway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 8,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least one new affordable home has been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 4pm on Amsterdam Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 71st Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109773, 109774, 112110, 113077 and 114499.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 280 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1904.

  1. Horn & Hardart Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Interborough Rapid Transit System, 72nd Street Control House Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. The Hotel Alamac Designated landmark
    230 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Verdi Square.

  1. Giuseppe Verdi Statue by Pasquale Civiletti, 1906
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blessed Sacrament School Landmark
    490 feet
  2. West End Day School
    710 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Manhattan Star Academy School
    740 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    1,000 feet
  4. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  5. Star Program School
    1,130 feet
  6. Special Music School
    1,220 feet
  7. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sherman Square
    150 feet
  2. Verdi Square
    390 feet
  3. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    700 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    520 feet
  3. Public space at Tower 67 Public space
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Bel Canto Public space
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorilton Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Central Savings Bank Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    940 feet
  4. Level Club Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. West End Synagogue House of worship
    610 feet
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  1. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  2. Ansonia Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    380 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, Broadway or West 71st Street.

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