Broadway & West 79th Street

Broadway and West 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 365 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. First Baptist Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
W 79 St/Broadway · M79 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    80 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 86 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 79 St/Broadway, 80 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 79 St/Broadway M79 SBS · Shelter
    80 feet
    M79 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 78 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 210 West 76th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 1997
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2018
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 365 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,369th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 267 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 5,700 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 1901 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 79th Street (south side).

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 79th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109349, 110431, 110546 and 113763.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 195 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1899.

  1. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Hotel Lucerne Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,140 feet
  3. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    910 feet
  3. Tecumseh Playground
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    10 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. St. Agnes Library
    1,140 feet
  4. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. All Angels Church Landmark
    390 feet
  3. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    580 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or West 79th Street.

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