Broadway & West 170th Street

Broadway and West 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 128 Audubon is 580 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 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Broadway/W 170 St · M5
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    230 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. 175 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 170 St, 50 feet away, for the M5.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 170 St M5 · Shelter
    50 feet
    M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and West 170th Street.

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 171 St & St Nicholas Ave 31 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2025

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
187 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1912 and 1922.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 170th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 170th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108716, 108770, 108920 and 113518.

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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Castle Bridge School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    580 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Medical Center Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Audubon Playground
    480 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    620 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 170th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, 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.