Broadway & West 163rd Street

Broadway and West 163rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mitchel Square is 920 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 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 163 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,090 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,260 feet
    1 A C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

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 163 St, 120 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 163 St M4, M5
    120 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 165 St 24 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 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
160 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and May 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 163rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109380 and 111130.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1906 and 1907.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    920 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    1,050 feet
  3. Fort Washington Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lily Brown Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 99 Fort Washington Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  2. Audubon Post Office
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    860 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 163rd 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, 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.