Broadway & West 63rd Street

Broadway and West 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Sakya Tsechen Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Dante Alighieri” is 170 feet away, and Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, nine of them theaters or concert halls, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Broadway/W 63 St · M5, M7, M104, BxM2
Within a walk
44 places
9 public spaces, 9 theaters or concert halls and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    540 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    780 feet
    1 A B C D
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 63 St, 70 feet away, for the M5, M7, M104 and BxM2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 63 St M5, M7, M104, BxM2
    70 feet
    M5 M7 M104 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M104 …
  4. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 63 St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.3 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
    680 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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, May 2017

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
79 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Sakya Tsechen Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025) and Sesame Street (Local Law 24 of 2019, enacted on January 20, 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110203 and 113821.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, neo-Renaissance and neo-Romanesque. They were mostly built between 1902 and 1930.

  1. McBurney School Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. First Battery Armory Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Dante Alighieri Statue by Ettore Ximenes, 1921
    170 feet
  2. Time Sculpture Sculpture by Philip Cortelyou Johnson, 1999
    270 feet
  3. Richard Tucker Bust by Milton Hebald, 1980
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 9 theaters or concert halls
  • 5 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    540 feet
  2. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    720 feet
  2. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    830 feet
  4. Juilliard School (The) College
    1,110 feet
  5. Berlitz Campus Language Inst for Eng Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  6. Fusion Academy Lincoln Center School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dante Park
    110 feet
  2. Lincoln Center Plaza
    300 feet
  3. Damrosch Park
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Richard Tucker Park
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    220 feet
  2. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    360 feet
  3. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    650 feet
  2. Public space at Two Lincoln Square Public space
    860 feet
  3. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    920 feet
  4. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    960 feet
  5. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    980 feet
  6. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Bible Society Research library
    560 feet
  2. New York Philharmonic Research library
    610 feet
  3. American Folk Art Museum
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    440 feet
  2. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    640 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House Theater or concert hall
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. Juilliard Theater Theater or concert hall
    790 feet
  2. Alice Tully Hall Theater or concert hall
    840 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Arts or cultural center
    880 feet
  4. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    950 feet
  5. Peter J Sharp Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,060 feet
  6. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet
  7. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St Paul Apostle Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Landmark
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    410 feet
  2. Ansonia Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    570 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 63rd 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, NYC Records, 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.