Broadway & West 147th Street

Broadway and West 147th 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. Mo' Pals is 330 feet away, and Jehovahs Witness Broadway is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 147 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 147 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 147 St M4, M5
    120 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 146 St & Broadway 30 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2026, 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 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM 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 147th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West 147th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111548, 114382 and 114858.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1912 and 1913.

  1. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    830 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mo' Pals Garden
    330 feet
  2. Riverside Park
    530 feet
  3. Maggie's Garden
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Palisades Playground
    700 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    840 feet
  3. Recreational Area Park
    950 feet
  4. Ten Mile River Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    970 feet
  3. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    680 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 147th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.