Broadway & West 165th Street

Broadway and West 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Dr. Betty Shabazz Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 51 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Mitchel Square is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Broadway/W 165 St · M5
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    690 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 165 St, 120 feet away, for the M5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 165 St M5
    120 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    850 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 51 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,831st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 22 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
169 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Betty Shabazz Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Betty Shabazz Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and August 2026; 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 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 2 signs 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-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 165th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109029, 110756, 113243 and 113244.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mitchel Square.

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    870 feet
  2. Castle Bridge School
    1,160 feet
  3. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Future Prints Childcare Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    350 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    480 feet
  3. Fort Washington Park
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Audubon Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    610 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 165th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.