Broadway & West 178th Street

Broadway and West 178th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat. A bus lane runs along West 178th Street, all day.

Safety record
16 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
10 feet
Broadway/W 178 St · Bx7, M5, M100
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St A
    1,250 feet
    A
  2. 181 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 178 St, 10 feet away, for the Bx7, M5 and M100.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 178 St Bx7, M5, M100
    10 feet
    Bx7 M5 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M5 …
  3. M100 …

Live arrivals

West 178th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wadsworth Ave & W 179 St 35 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 1979
  • Turn calming, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
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 3,800 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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of West 178th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 178th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109253 and 114198.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and Indo-Persian, one each, and built between 1911 and 1930.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Public Charter School
    570 feet
  2. Divino Nino 175th St 3k for All Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. The Equity Project Charter School - Early Childhood Program School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. J. Hood Wright Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza de las Americas Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Hatikvah Congregation House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Holyrood Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    470 feet
  3. St Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church House of worship
    530 feet
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  1. Congregacion de Mita of NY House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,200 feet
  4. Broadway Temple Washington Heights United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    150 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
    230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 178th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.