Broadway & West 61st Street

Broadway and West 61st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 410 feet away, and New York Philharmonic is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, four of them parks, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
180 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Broadway/W 61 St · M5, M7, M104
Within a walk
34 places
8 public spaces, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    180 feet
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    1,140 feet
    1
  2. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 61 St, 100 feet away, for the M5, M7 and M104.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 61 St M5, M7, M104 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    100 feet
    M5 M7 M104
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 61 St 52 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 44 West 62nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2010
  • Turn calming, December 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1957 and 1982.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 61st Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-8PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101945 and 105249.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and neo-Romanesque. They were built between 1902 and 1931.

  1. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. McBurney School Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Columbus Monument Statue by Gaetano Russo, 1892
    610 feet
  2. U.S.S. Maine National Monument Pylon by Attilio Piccirilli and Charles Keck, 1913
    630 feet
  3. Dante Alighieri Statue by Ettore Ximenes, 1921
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    120 feet
  2. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    230 feet
  3. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    980 feet
  2. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    1,100 feet
  3. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  4. Speyer Legacy School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Dante Park
    710 feet
  3. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    760 feet
  2. Damrosch Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    360 feet
  2. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    380 feet
  3. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    660 feet
  4. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    820 feet
  5. Public space at Regent Public space
    840 feet
  6. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Bible Society Research library
    300 feet
  2. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    610 feet
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  1. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    850 feet
  2. 240 Central Park South Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. New York Philharmonic Research library
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    350 feet
  2. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    910 feet
  3. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Apostle Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    160 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.