Broadway & West 136th Street

Broadway and West 136th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Montefiore Square is 300 feet away, and Alexander Hamilton Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 135 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 137 St-City College 1
    280 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fossils” (1988) by Steve Wood at the 137 St-City College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 135 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 135 St M4, M5 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M4 M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 138 St 27 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1905 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of West 136th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 136th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109105 and 109280.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1913 and 1914.

  1. Claremont Theater Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 theater or concert hall

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montefiore Square
    300 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    520 feet
  3. Riverside Park
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. Annunciation Playground
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    390 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    380 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 136th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.