West 125th Street & Old Broadway

West 125th Street and Old Broadway meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,437 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Manhattan Pentecostal Church is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 125 St/Old Broadway · M125
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 125th Street & Old Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 1
    310 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “River to River” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Old Broadway, 60 feet away, for the M125.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Old Broadway M125
    60 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 125th Street.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Moylan Pl 41 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,437 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 574th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,212 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 125th Street (south side).

East side of Old Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Old Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 125th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 112436.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1851 and 1915.

  1. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    760 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    760 feet
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  1. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    760 feet
  2. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    460 feet
  2. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    480 feet
  3. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. George Bruce Library Landmark
    560 feet
  3. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 26th Precinct Police station
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Old Broadway or West 125th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.