Broadway & West 218th Street

Broadway and West 218th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Inwood, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. School in the Square Ecc is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 215 St, is about two minutes 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 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
215 St
660 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Broadway/W 218 St · Bx7, Bx20
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 218th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 215 St, 660 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 218 St, 80 feet away, for the Bx7 and Bx20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 218th Street.

  • 12 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
    100 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
    400 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2017

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1927 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Broadway

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

North side of West 218th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 6AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 218th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Tudor Revival, and mostly built between 1933 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 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School - Inwood School
    650 feet
  2. Zeta Charter Schools - Inwood School
    650 feet
  3. Manhattan Christian Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. School in the Square Ecc School
    1,160 feet
  2. International Resource for Parenting Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  3. Amber Charter School Inwood School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isham Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Muscota Marsh Public space
    70 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Allen Hospital
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 218th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.