Broadway & West 168th Street

Broadway and West 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Albert Blumburg Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 128 Audubon is 370 feet away, and Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Broadway/W 168 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    90 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
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 168 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 168 St Bx7, M100 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx7 M100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 168th Street.

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 168 St 31 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  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 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
176 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Albert Blumburg Way, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 1911 and 1924.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Albert Blumburg Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 168th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ARMORY PERSONNEL
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 168th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108921 and 113609.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1897 and 1898.

Monuments and public art

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
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    370 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    370 feet
  3. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,200 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    1,280 feet
  2. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    1,280 feet
  3. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    1,280 feet
  4. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    110 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    480 feet
  3. McKenna Square
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet
  2. Haven Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 168th Street.

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