Broadway & West 161st Street

Broadway and West 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 84/Ladder 34 firehouse is 710 feet away, and P.S. 004 Duke Ellington is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 161 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    960 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 157 St 1
    1,090 feet
    1
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 161 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 161 St M4, M5
    120 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 160 St 22 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2024

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
140 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 1921.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 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
  • 18 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and March 2026; 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 9am to 7pm on West 161st Street (south side).

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 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 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

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

North side of West 161st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109109, 110158, 112377 and 113698.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1905 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Whin Music Community Charter School
    600 feet
  2. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,260 feet
  2. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Washington Post Office
    850 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    340 feet
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 161st 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.