Broadway & West 196th Street

Broadway and West 196th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,941 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 489 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. City College Magnet School of the Arts is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 190 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and nine places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
190 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/W 196 St · Bx7, M100
Within a walk
19 places
5 park features, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 190 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 190 St A
    1,060 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 191 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Dyckman St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 196 St, 110 feet away, for the Bx7 and M100.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 196 St Bx7, M100
    110 feet
    Bx7 M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Ellwood St 19 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & Henry Hudson Parkway at Staff Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 242 Dyckman Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 489 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 2,941 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 303rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,292 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 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 1923 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

North side of West 196th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 196th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109413.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. The Terrace Designated landmark
    760 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Fort Tryon Park.

  1. Columnade Sculpture by Eduardo Ramirez Villamizar, 1973
    430 feet
  2. Fort Tryon Memorial Stele, 1904
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. City College Magnet School of the Arts School
    230 feet
  2. Middle School 322 School
    230 feet
  3. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
Show all 8
  1. School in the Square HS School
    930 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley School
    1,170 feet
  4. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  5. Professor Juan Bosch Public School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Tryon Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Bennett Lawn in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    360 feet
  3. Gazebo in Fort Tryon Park Park feature · landmark
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sir Williams Dog Run in Fort Tryon Park Dog run
    530 feet
  2. Stan Michels Promenade in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    780 feet
  3. Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,010 feet
  4. Dongan Lawn in Fort Tryon Park Park feature
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Nagle Avenue Older adult center
    370 feet
  2. YM-YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood Recreation center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  3. Fort George Post Office
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 196th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.