Broadway & West 86th Street

Broadway and West 86th 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, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregation Ohav Sholom is 790 feet away, and Gan Aliya is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 86 St/Broadway · M86 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    90 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
    0.4 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 W 86 St/Broadway, 60 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/Broadway M86 SBS
    60 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 87 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    700 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,230 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 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 6,600 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 1913 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and May 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

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 86th Street

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

South side of West 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110908, 111145, 113089, 113373 and 114173.

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 122 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1913.

  1. Belnord Apartments Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. St. Ignatius Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Calhoun School (The) School
    1,050 feet
  3. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gan Aliya School
    1,070 feet
  2. Smith School
    1,070 feet
  3. Beit Rabban Day School
    1,090 feet
  4. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    970 feet
  3. Three Arts Club Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Park Presbyterian Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    810 feet
  2. The Jewish Center House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 86th 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.