Broadway & West 144th Street

Broadway and West 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hamilton Theater, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Broadway/W 143 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 1
    270 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 143 St, 210 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 143 St M4, M5
    210 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 142 St 23 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
108 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 144th Street

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

South side of West 144th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109193 and 110348.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1905 and 1913.

  1. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    550 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    780 feet
  3. Riverbank Playground
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,100 feet
  3. Dog Run W 142 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,140 feet
  4. Mo' Pals Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Hope Steven Garden
    1,260 feet
  6. Recreational Area Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 38 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 144th 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.