Broadway & St Nicholas Avenue

Broadway and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Isaiah “Obie” Bing Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Playground is 230 feet away, and McKenna Square is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Broadway/W 168 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    80 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 168 St, 240 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 168 St Bx7, M100 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Bx7 M100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 168 St 31 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
179 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Isaiah “Obie” Bing Way (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018) and Coogan’s Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1911 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on West 169th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 169th Street (south side).

East side of Broadway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108918, 108923, 109146 and 113609.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1897 and 1898.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    310 feet
  3. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Audubon Playground
    230 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    350 feet
  3. McKenna Square
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
  2. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    760 feet
  2. 33rd Precinct Police station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway, St Nicholas Avenue or West 169th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.