Broadway & West 160th Street

Broadway and West 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Fort Washington Post Office is 590 feet away, and Washington Heights Library is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 160 St · M5
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    830 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,160 feet
    C
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 160 St, 120 feet away, for the M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 160 St M5 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 160 St 22 docks in all
    70 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

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

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
129 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 1pm to 7pm on West 160th Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 160th Street (south side).

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

North side of West 160th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109728, 110158, 110159, 110742 and 113860.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Mediterranean Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1920.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    730 feet
  2. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    780 feet
  3. Whin Music Community Charter School
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Boricua College
    1,190 feet
  3. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Washington Post Office
    590 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 160th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.