Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue

Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue meet at a three-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. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horn & Hardart stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 110 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
W 72 St/Amsterdam Av · M72
Within a walk
37 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 190 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
    190 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 W 72 St/Amsterdam Av, 290 feet away, for the M72.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 72 St/Amsterdam Av M72
    290 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Amsterdam Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 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
    410 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
    1.3 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,500 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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and February 2021, 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 commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 1pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 1pm to 7pm on Amsterdam Avenue (west side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109773 and 112110.

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 289 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1906.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit System, 72nd Street Control House Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Horn & Hardart Designated landmark
    170 feet
  3. The Hotel Alamac Designated landmark
    250 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
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Blessed Sacrament School Landmark
    540 feet
  2. West End Day School
    760 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. Manhattan Star Academy School
    790 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    1,050 feet
  4. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  5. Star Program School
    1,190 feet
  6. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  7. Special Music School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sherman Square
    210 feet
  2. Verdi Square
    330 feet
  3. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    580 feet
  3. Public space at Tower 67 Public space
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Bel Canto Public space
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorilton Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    280 feet
  3. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    510 feet
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  1. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Central Savings Bank Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. Level Club Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    660 feet
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  1. West End Synagogue House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    440 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    770 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 110 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.