West 129th Street & Old Broadway

West 129th Street and Old Broadway meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sheltering Arms Playground is 120 feet away, and Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
W 125 St/Old Broadway · M104, M125
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 129th Street & Old Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 1
    720 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

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, 430 feet away, for the M104 and M125.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Old Broadway M104, M125
    430 feet
    M104 M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …
  2. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 131 St 19 docks in all
    1,040 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1955 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Old Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Old Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    350 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    350 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    350 feet
Show all 6
  1. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    1,300 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    120 feet
  2. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    890 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. George Bruce Library Landmark
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 26th Precinct Police station
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 12 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 129th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.