Broadway & West 142nd Street

Broadway and West 142nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. About 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 142 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 1
    790 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    1,290 feet
    1
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 142 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 142 St M4, M5
    120 feet
    M4 M5

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. Broadway & W 142 St 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 142nd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111776 and 113098.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    630 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    640 feet
  3. Riverbank Playground
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hope Steven Garden
    730 feet
  2. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    740 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    800 feet
  4. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,020 feet
  5. Montefiore Square
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 33 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 142nd 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.