Broadway & West 49th Street

Broadway and West 49th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Jack Dempsey Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brill Building, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away, and Ambassador Theatre is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 49 St, is about a minute on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places and 246 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
49 St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
W 49 St/7 Av · M50
Within a walk
54 places
23 theaters or concert halls, 12 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 49 St, 220 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
    220 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
    330 feet
    1
  2. 50 St C, E
    730 feet
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 49 St/7 Av, 130 feet away, for the M50.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Jack Dempsey Corner, a co-naming enacted on July 27, 1984 (Local Law 46 of 1984).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Twelve 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 Jack Dempsey Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 49th Street (south side).

East side of Broadway

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 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 stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West 49th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102271, 102272, 103028 and 105155.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1909 and 1931.

  1. Brill Building Designated landmark
    160 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
    640 feet
  2. George M. Cohan Statue by Georg John Lober, 1959
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 23 theaters or concert halls
  • 12 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Robert Finance Hair DSGN Inst Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    530 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sam Ash Music Instit Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Volunteers of Amer - Greater NY Preschool
    950 feet
  4. Star America M Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Institute for Media and Entertainmnt Trade or language school
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Duffy Square
    610 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Morgan Stanley Building Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at Ritz Public space
    540 feet
  3. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at 745 Seventh Avenue Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Paramount Plaza Public space
    700 feet
  3. Public space at McGraw-Hill Public space
    900 feet
  4. Public space at 1251 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    910 feet
  5. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    950 feet
  6. Public space at One Worldwide Plaza Public space
    980 feet
  7. Public space at 810 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,060 feet
  8. Public space at Marriott Marquis Public space
    1,100 feet
  9. Public space at 1700 Broadway Public space
    1,210 feet
  10. Public space at 1211 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Ed Sullivan Theater Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Ambassador Theatre Theater or concert hall
    220 feet
  2. Walter Kerr Theatre Theater or concert hall
    330 feet
  3. Winter Garden Theatre Theater or concert hall
    340 feet
Show all 23
  1. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Theater or concert hall
    360 feet
  2. Longacre Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    410 feet
  3. Circle in the Square Theater Theater or concert hall
    450 feet
  4. Ethel Barrymore Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    520 feet
  5. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    720 feet
  6. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    730 feet
  7. Cort Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    760 feet
  8. Gershwin Theatre Theater or concert hall
    770 feet
  9. Samuel J Friedman Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    810 feet
  10. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    850 feet
  11. Neil Simon Theatre Theater or concert hall
    960 feet
  12. Broadway Theatre Theater or concert hall
    960 feet
  13. Richard Rodgers Theatre Theater or concert hall
    990 feet
  14. Brooks Atkinson Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet
  15. August Wilson Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,030 feet
  16. Imperial Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet
  17. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet
  18. New World Stages Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet
  19. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet
  20. Booth Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Malachys Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Times Square Church Landmark
    700 feet
  3. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Amish Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    70 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    740 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 246 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 49th 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, 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.