8th Avenue & Columbus Circle

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and Columbus Circle is in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Close Contact” is 90 feet away, and American Bible Society is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 136 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
110 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Columbus Circle/8 Av · M5, M7, M10, M20
Within a walk
33 places
11 public spaces, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Columbus Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    110 feet
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    1,160 feet
    N Q R W
  2. 7 Av B, D, E
    0.3 miles
    B D E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Circle/8 Av, 50 feet away, for the M5, M7, M10 and M20.

  • 33 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Circle/8 Av M5, M7, M10, M20
    50 feet
    M5 M7 M10 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M10 …
  4. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and Columbus Circle.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 58 St 79 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 210 Central Park South Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,800 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 1957 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Columbus Circle

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Columbus Circle

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and French Renaissance. They were built between 1891 and 1940.

  1. 240 Central Park South Apartments Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. United States Rubber Company Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. B. F. Goodrich Company Building Designated landmark
    480 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Museum of Arts and Design.

  1. Close Contact Sculpture by Gustav Kraitz and Ulla Kraitz, 2009
    90 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Statue by Gaetano Russo, 1892
    130 feet
  3. Two To One Sculpture by Tom Joyce, 2014
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 11 public spaces
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Career Inst (5002) Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. Manhattan Career Institute Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  2. Early Childhood Associates Preschool
    1,080 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    370 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet
  2. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    840 feet
Show all 12
  1. Public space at Symphony House Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at Sheffield Public space
    890 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Mews Public space
    1,000 feet
  4. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,180 feet
  5. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    1,180 feet
  6. Public space at 888 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,180 feet
  7. Public space at Carnegie Hall Tower Public space
    1,240 feet
  8. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,270 feet
  9. Public space at 330 West 56th Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    120 feet
  2. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Media Alliance Research library
    840 feet
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  1. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. American Fine Arts Society Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Spyscape Museum
    1,050 feet
  4. American Bible Society Research library
    1,100 feet
  5. Alwyn Court Apartments Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  6. Osborne Apartments Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 23 Fire station · landmark
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    970 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    90 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 136 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Columbus Circle.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.