Broadway & West 47th Street

Broadway and West 47th Street meet at a five-way junction in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Father Francis P. Duffy” is 130 feet away, and Lunt Fontanne Theatre is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 49 St, is about a minute on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 70 public places, 31 of them theaters or concert halls, and 249 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
49 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
W 49 St/7 Av · M50
Within a walk
70 places
31 theaters or concert halls, 12 public spaces and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 49 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St N, R, W
    80 feet
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 50 St 1
    860 feet
    1
  2. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    1,010 feet
    B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 49 St/7 Av, 660 feet away, for the M50.

  • 49 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 49 St/7 Av M50 · Countdown sign
    660 feet
    M50
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and West 47th Street.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 48 St 103 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 225 West 49th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1989 and 2005.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight on West 47th Street (south side).

East side of Broadway

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 47th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102625.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1912 and 1926.

  1. I. Miller Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Paramount Hotel Designated landmark
    540 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Father Duffy Square.

  1. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue by Charles Keck, 1937
    130 feet
  2. George M. Cohan Statue by Georg John Lober, 1959
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 public places.

  • 31 theaters or concert halls
  • 12 public spaces
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 13
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. Sam Ash Music Instit Trade or language school
    660 feet
  3. Robert Finance Hair DSGN Inst Trade or language school
    850 feet
  4. Star America M Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  5. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    1,000 feet
  6. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  7. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  8. Ec New York Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  9. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  10. Touro University College
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Duffy Square
    70 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Morgan Stanley Building Public space
    330 feet
  2. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    420 feet
  3. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at Marriott Marquis Public space
    570 feet
  2. Public space at Ritz Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    850 feet
  4. Public space at One Astor Place Public space
    860 feet
  5. Public space at 1211 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    890 feet
  6. Public space at 745 Seventh Avenue Public space
    980 feet
  7. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    1,040 feet
  8. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    1,050 feet
  9. Public space at McGraw-Hill Public space
    1,060 feet
  10. Public space at Paramount Plaza Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    240 feet
  2. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    260 feet
  3. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    310 feet
Show all 31
  1. Ethel Barrymore Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    380 feet
  2. Longacre Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    430 feet
  3. Richard Rodgers Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    460 feet
  4. Walter Kerr Theatre Theater or concert hall
    500 feet
  5. Brooks Atkinson Theatre Theater or concert hall
    560 feet
  6. Imperial Theatre Theater or concert hall
    580 feet
  7. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    590 feet
  8. Cort Theatre Theater or concert hall
    590 feet
  9. Samuel J Friedman Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    640 feet
  10. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    660 feet
  11. Ambassador Theatre Theater or concert hall
    670 feet
  12. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Theater or concert hall
    710 feet
  13. Booth Theatre Theater or concert hall
    750 feet
  14. Music Box Theatre Theater or concert hall
    790 feet
  15. Winter Garden Theatre Theater or concert hall
    870 feet
  16. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    940 feet
  17. Circle in the Square Theater Theater or concert hall
    980 feet
  18. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet
  19. Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet
  20. Broadhurst Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet
  21. Bernard B Jacobs Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet
  22. Lyric Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet
  23. Majestic Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet
  24. Golden Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet
  25. Helen Hayes Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet
  26. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet
  27. Gershwin Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet
  28. St James Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. St Malachys Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. St Lukes Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Times Square Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 239 West 49th Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 9/Engine 54/Ladder 4 Fire station
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Amish Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    850 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 249 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway, West 47th Street or West 47th Street Bike Path.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.