Broadway & East 22nd Street

Broadway and East 22nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mortimer Building stands 120 feet away, and Scribner Building stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 169 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 23 St/Broadway · M23 SBS
Within a walk
34 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & East 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St R, W
    50 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    750 feet
    6
  2. 23 St F, M
    0.3 miles
    F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Memories of Twenty-Third Street” (2002) by Keith Godard at the 23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 23 St/Broadway, 320 feet away, for the M23 SBS.

  • 43 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 23 St/Broadway M23 SBS
    320 feet
    M23 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & E 21 St 54 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 4 West 21st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    880 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 22nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 11PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 1AM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 22nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 1AM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103026, 103027 and 105129.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 146 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1906.

  1. Mortimer Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Flatiron Building Designated landmark
    160 feet
  3. Scribner Building Designated landmark
    180 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Madison Square Park.

  1. William Henry Seward Statue by Randolph Rogers, 1876
    360 feet
  2. Roscoe Conkling Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1893
    400 feet
  3. General William Jenkins Worth Obelisk by James Goodwin Batterson, 1857
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    390 feet
  2. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    390 feet
  3. The Montessori at Flatiron Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
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  1. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. General Assembly Trade or language school
    390 feet
  3. Rebecca School
    600 feet
  4. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  5. Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance School
    820 feet
  6. Madison Business & Data Proc Inst Trade or language school
    870 feet
  7. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  8. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  9. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    990 feet
  10. Manhattan Village Academy School
    1,000 feet
  11. Midtown School-Business Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  12. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    1,060 feet
  13. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  14. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    340 feet
  2. Worth Square
    690 feet
  3. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    230 feet
  2. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  3. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Van Alen Institute Research library
    800 feet
  3. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Listed historic place
    890 feet
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  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  5. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  6. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 169 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or East 22nd Street.

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.