Broadway & West 140th Street

Broadway and West 140th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Montefiore Square is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat. About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1924, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 140 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
20 places
4 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    770 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
    1,310 feet
    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 140 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 140 St M4, M5 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M4 M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.6 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

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

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 140th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109826 and 111469.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    1,020 feet
  3. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    460 feet
  2. Montefiore Square
    600 feet
  3. Riverside Park
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. Jenny's Garden
    980 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Hope Steven Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,110 feet
  5. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,160 feet
  6. Riverbank Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 34 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 140th 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.