Broadway & West 148th Street

Broadway and West 148th 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 440 feet away, and P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell is 1,090 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 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Broadway/W 147 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 1
    780 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
  2. 157 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 147 St, 200 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 148 St 22 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 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 23 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
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 148th Street

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

South side of West 148th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111800 and 114382.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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 1912 and 1913.

  1. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Beaumont Apartments Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Ralph Ellison Memorial Sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett, 2003
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,090 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maggie's Garden
    330 feet
  2. Mo' Pals Garden
    430 feet
  3. Palisades Playground
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. Riverside Park
    580 feet
  2. Recreational Area Park
    770 feet
  3. Ten Mile River Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    720 feet
  3. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    670 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 34 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 148th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.