Broadway & West 42nd Street

Broadway and West 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bush Tower, one of 11 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 350 feet away, and Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is 700 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 55 public places, 20 of them theaters or concert halls, and 223 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
W 42 St/Broadway · M42
Within a walk
55 places
20 theaters or concert halls, 10 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines at the nearest station
  • 19 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
    80 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
    620 feet
    7 B D F M
  2. 49 St N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N 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 42 St/Broadway, 240 feet away, for the M42.

  • 60 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 42 St/Broadway M42
    240 feet
    M42

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

West 42nd Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway and West 42nd Street.

  • 85 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 20 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 41 St 55 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, undated in the City's record
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 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 1894 and 1906.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight on West 42nd Street (north side).

East side of Broadway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 42nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103221 and 103955.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, neo-Georgian and neo-Gothic. They were mostly built between 1902 and 1918.

  1. Knickerbocker Hotel Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Bush Tower Designated landmark
    350 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Benito Juarez Statue by Moises Cabrera Orozco, 2004
    780 feet
  2. Andrew Heiskell Plaza Plaza, 1993
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 public places.

  • 20 theaters or concert halls
  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    290 feet
  2. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    290 feet
  3. Touro University College
    390 feet
Show all 13
  1. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. Technology and Media School Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    680 feet
  4. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  5. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    680 feet
  6. Ec New York Trade or language school
    680 feet
  7. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    860 feet
  8. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. New Horizons CLC of Metropolitan NY Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  10. New Horizons Computer Learning Cente Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    800 feet
  2. Father Duffy Square
    1,170 feet
  3. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  2. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    740 feet
  3. Garment District Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at World Apparel Center Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    910 feet
  3. Public space at One Astor Place Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    1,030 feet
  5. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    1,070 feet
  6. Public space at Marriott Marquis Public space
    1,220 feet
  7. Public space at Grace Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Candler Building Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Times Square Hotel Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    400 feet
  2. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    410 feet
  3. New Amsterdam Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
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  1. Lyric Theatre Theater or concert hall
    520 feet
  2. Nederlander Theatre Theater or concert hall
    520 feet
  3. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    540 feet
  4. American Airlines Theatre Theater or concert hall
    600 feet
  5. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    790 feet
  6. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet
  7. Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet
  8. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,080 feet
  9. Booth Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet
  10. Helen Hayes Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet
  11. St James Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet
  12. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,160 feet
  13. Broadhurst Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet
  14. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet
  15. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet
  16. Majestic Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet
  17. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 43rd Street Older adult center
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 223 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 42nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.