Broadway & West 216th Street

Broadway and West 216th Street meet at a three-way junction in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Isham Park is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
380 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Broadway/W 218 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 216th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 215 St, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 215 St 1
    380 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Inwood-207 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 218 St, 230 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 218 St Bx7, Bx20 · Shelter
    230 feet
    Bx7 Bx20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 218 St & Broadway 27 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5080 Broadway Gas station
    140 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10034
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Inwood
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 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 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Broadway (west side).

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 216th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 216th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111283.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Tudor Revival, and mostly built between 1923 and 1934.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. School in the Square Ecc School
    820 feet
  2. International Resource for Parenting Trade or language school
    970 feet
  3. Amber Charter School Inwood School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Zeta Charter School - Inwood School
    1,050 feet
  2. Zeta Charter Schools - Inwood School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    820 feet
  2. 9 11 Memorial Rock in Isham Park Park feature
    960 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 207th Street Yard - Signal Service Building and Tower B (IND) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 216th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.