Broadway & West 230th Street

Broadway and West 230th Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx. The corner is also named Marie Smith Urban Street Academy by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 115 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Kingsbridge Post Office is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
65 hurt
115 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Broadway/Exterior St · Bx7, Bx9, Bx20
Within a walk
18 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 230th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    720 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Exterior St, 170 feet away, for the Bx7, Bx9 and Bx20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Exterior St Bx7, Bx9, Bx20
    170 feet
    Bx7 Bx9 Bx20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx7 …
  2. Bx9 …
  3. Bx20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Verveelen Pl & Broadway 23 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 450 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 115 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 64 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Marie Smith Urban Street Academy, a co-naming enacted on November 10, 1998 (Local Law 50 of 1998).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 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 1926 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marie Smith Urban Street Academy.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 230th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 230th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 210256.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one lamppost.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 5500 Broadway Pre-K center
    220 feet
  2. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    340 feet
  3. Marble Hill Child care
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. Marble Hill Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 207 School
    600 feet
  3. Spuyten Duyvil Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marble Hill Garden - Marble Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    830 feet
  2. Marble Hill Playground
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Visitation Parish Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Post Office
    90 feet
  2. Marble Hill Community Center
    640 feet
  3. Older adult center at 5365 Broadway Older adult center
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 185 West 231st Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    560 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    870 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    670 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    220 feet
  2. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 230th 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.