Broadway & West 153rd Street

Broadway and West 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Museum of the American Indian stands 630 feet away, and Boricua College is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Broadway/W 153 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
26 places
12 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    1,100 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 153 St, 130 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 153 St M4, M5
    130 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 153 St 20 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2019

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
137 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1908 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 144 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West 153rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Italian Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1907 and 1914.

  1. Vicarage of the Chapel of the Intercession Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Museum of the American Indian Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. American Geographical Society Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round the Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Boricua College
    900 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    1,110 feet
  2. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park
    920 feet
  2. Recreational Area Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maggie's Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of the American Indian Museum
    30 feet
  2. Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. Hispanic Society of America Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. American Academy of Arts & Letters Arts or cultural center
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Intercession Landmark
    440 feet
  2. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  4. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    1,070 feet
  6. Our Lady of Esperanza Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  7. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 153rd 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.