Broadway & Fort Washington Avenue

Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Margarita “Margot” Correa Santana Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden is 780 feet away, and Community Health Academy of the Heights is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Broadway/W 159 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Fort Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    570 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 159 St, 130 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 159 St M4, M5 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M4 M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Fort Washington Avenue and West 159th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 160 St 22 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
118 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Margarita “Margot” Correa Santana Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1910 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Margarita “Margot” Correa Santana Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Fort Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111498.

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1919.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    990 feet
  3. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 9
  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,040 feet
  2. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,110 feet
  3. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,130 feet
  4. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  6. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Audubon Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Our Lady of Esperanza Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Church of the Intercession House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Washington Post Office
    330 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    400 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 28 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 Broadway, Fort Washington Avenue or West 159th 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 Records, 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.