Broadway & West 138th Street

Broadway and West 138th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hamilton Grange Middle School is 500 feet away, and Jacob H. Schiff Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/W 138 St · T204
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    250 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 1
    0.3 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 138 St, 110 feet away, for the T204.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 138 St T204 · Shelter
    110 feet
    T204
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. T204 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.3 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
    0.4 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,800 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 1907 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

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

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 138th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 138th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110716, 112917 and 114118.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montefiore Square
    80 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    510 feet
  3. Riverside Park
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jenny's Garden
    830 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    850 feet
  3. Riverbank State Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 138th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.