Broadway & West 139th Street

Broadway and West 139th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 730 feet away, and Hope Steven Garden is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/W 139 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
14 places
3 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    510 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 139 St, 110 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 139 St M4, M5
    110 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

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
    340 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
98 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1922.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2024, 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 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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

North side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109826, 110716 and 112913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montefiore Square
    340 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    680 feet
  3. Riverside Park
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jenny's Garden
    750 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    770 feet
  3. Hope Steven Garden
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 29 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 139th 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.