Broadway & West 85th Street

Broadway and West 85th 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, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Church of Religious Science is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Broadway/W 86 St · M104
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    340 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Westside Views” (1989) by Nitza Tufiño (in collaboration with Grosvenor Neighborhood House Student Muralists) at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 86 St, 170 feet away, for the M104.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 86 St M104 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M104
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 84 St & Broadway 63 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 1905 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

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

North side of West 85th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 85th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111961, 112145, 113091 and 114510.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 147 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1907.

  1. Broadway Fashion Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. West Side Republican Club Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School (The) School
    760 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,120 feet
  3. Frank McCourt High School
    1,160 feet
Show all 9
  1. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    1,160 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    1,160 feet
  3. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    1,160 feet
  4. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    1,160 feet
  5. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  6. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    680 feet
  2. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. Three Arts Club Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Red House Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    500 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. The Jewish Center House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 85th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.