Broadway & West 156th Street

Broadway and West 156th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Audubon Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. American Geographical Society stands 150 feet away, and American Academy of Arts & Letters is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Broadway/W 155 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    280 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
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 155 St, 210 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 155 St M4, M5
    210 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 157 St 31 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
107 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1909 and 1916.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-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 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Edward M Morgan Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110324, 114666 and 114992.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Audubon Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1909 and 1919.

  1. American Geographical Society Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Museum of the American Indian Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Hispanic Society of America Library Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College
    150 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    480 feet
  3. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,080 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round the Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Audubon Park Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Hispanic Society of America Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Museum of the American Indian Museum
    850 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Intercession Landmark
    430 feet
  2. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Our Lady of Esperanza Church Landmark
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  4. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Washington Post Office
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 22 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 156th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.