Broadway & West 39th Street

Broadway and West 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Golda Meir Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Garment District Plaza is 80 feet away, and Touro University is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and nine more. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places and 244 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
W 37 St/Broadway · Q32
Within a walk
33 places
10 trade or language schools, 7 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    280 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
10 lines
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Downtown
10 lines
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Queens
1 line
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Hudson Yards
1 line
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Grand Central
1 line
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Also within a walk

  1. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    470 feet
    7 B D F M
  2. 34 St-Herald Sq B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W
    1,120 feet
    B D F M N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists nine works at the Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term station, among them “The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave” (1991) by Norman B Colp and “New York in Transit” (2001) by Jacob Lawrence.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 37 St/Broadway, 540 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 65 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 37 St/Broadway Q32
    540 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and West 39th Street.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 22 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 38 St 68 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 401-471 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10018
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
14
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Golda Meir Square, a co-naming enacted on May 25, 1979 (Local Law 20 of 1979).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 2001 and 2024.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Golda Meir Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 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

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 39th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of West 39th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102139, 103670 and 106208.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1894 and 1963.

  1. Springs Mills Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Bryant Park Studios Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bryant Park.

  1. José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva Statue by José Otavio Correia Lima, 1955
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 4 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Mti Bus Sch of Ny(tech Div)(5001) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    610 feet
Show all 12
  1. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Technology and Media School Trade or language school
    820 feet
  4. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    940 feet
  5. Caliber Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  6. Career Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  7. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    1,010 feet
  8. Touro University College
    1,220 feet
  9. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    830 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    980 feet
  3. Herald Square
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Garment District Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    80 feet
  2. Public space at World Apparel Center Public space
    350 feet
  3. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Greenwich Savings Bank Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. Garment Center Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  4. Candler Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Nederlander Theatre Theater or concert hall
    900 feet
  2. New Amsterdam Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Holy Innocents RC Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midtown Station Post office
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 26 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    260 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 244 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 39th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.