Broadway & West 173rd Street

Broadway and West 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/W 173 St · M5
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    890 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    1,050 feet
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 173 St, 110 feet away, for the M5.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 173 St M5
    110 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Washington Ave & W 173 St 24 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

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
211 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1917 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and May 2026, 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109001 and 113591.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Indo-Persian and neo-Georgian, one each, and built between 1913 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Plaza de las Americas.

  1. The Source Fountain by Ester Partegàs, 2015
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights School
    530 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Incarnation School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    580 feet
  2. J Hood Wright Park Playground
    660 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park Dog run
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    670 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. United Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    550 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. J Hood Wright Recreation Center
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 173rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.