Broadway & West 81st Street

Broadway and West 81st 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, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. First Baptist Church is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Broadway/W 82 St · M104
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    510 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 82 St, 210 feet away, for the M104.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 82 St M104 · Shelter
    210 feet
    M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 82 St 39 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1900 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of West 81st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 81st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109621, 110850, 110851 and 113832.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 207 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

  1. Grammar School No. 9 Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. The Selkirk Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School Landmark
    510 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    580 feet
  3. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. River Run Playground
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    610 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Angels Church Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    480 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Landmark
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Carlebach Shul House of worship
    860 feet
  4. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    920 feet
  5. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 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 or West 81st 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.