Broadway & West 98th Street

Broadway and West 98th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rectory of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Broadway/W 97 St · M104
Within a walk
24 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & West 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    690 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bloemendaal” (2010) by Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 97 St, 320 feet away, for the M104.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 97 St M104 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1911 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 98th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 98th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113235, 114070 and 114268.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 81 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1913.

  1. Parish House of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Midtown Theater (now Metro Theater) Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Rectory of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School
    740 feet
  3. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    840 feet
Show all 12
  1. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  5. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    940 feet
  6. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  7. The West Side Montessori School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  8. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,220 feet
  9. P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Happy Warrior Playground
    510 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomander Walk District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Symphony Space Theatre Theater or concert hall
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St Michaels Episcopal Church Landmark
    630 feet
  3. Ansche Chesed Synagogue House of worship
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or West 98th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.