Broadway/W 77 St

What links Upper West Side commuters, cross-town travelers, and tourists heading downtown? Broadway/W 77 St, one of the Upper West Side’s busiest intersections, anchors daily movement along Broadway and West 77th Street. Eighty-sixth Street’s subway curls under the corner, while multiple bus lines idle on both avenues before dawn.

Visitors rarely stop to taste the neighborhood; they simply pass through on their way to the Upper West Side’s quieter side streets. New York, NY 10024 pins the exact corner, where the 1 train stops and a queue of M11, M79, and BxM2 buses block traffic twice an hour. Nobody lingers unless they belong here.

Inside the station—more often heard than seen—ticket machines hum through the small hours, selling single rides and weekly MetroCards before passengers vanish back into subway breezes. Downtown-bound riders adjust headphones; uptown passengers scroll phone screens. Numbers flash 86th Street overhead, then vanish. Boarding and alighting feel like the same motion to anyone used to New York transit.

Dial 212-873-6050 for route questions, then set the map straight from this address. You may rehearse the route now and, in a few minutes, stand on the sidewalk waiting for light to change: directions will drop you at the curb in seconds.