9th Avenue & Columbus Avenue

The five-way junction of 9th Avenue and Columbus Avenue is in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Speyer Legacy School is 140 feet away, and Our Saviour NY Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
9 Av/W 59 St · M11
Within a walk
33 places
10 public spaces, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & Columbus Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    930 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. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    N Q R W

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 9 Av/W 59 St, 130 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 59 St M11 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 9th Avenue and Columbus Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Ave & W 59 St 44 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 345 West 58th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    690 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7:30am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on 9th Avenue (east side) and Columbus Avenue (east side).

West side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 59th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 59th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103394, 103427 and 104484.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1886.

  1. Roosevelt Hospital Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. The Windermere Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Speyer Legacy School
    140 feet
  2. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    770 feet
  3. Professional Childrens School
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    1,050 feet
  2. Ahrc New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. La Maternelle West55 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    840 feet
  2. Dante Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Regent Public space
    410 feet
  2. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    630 feet
  3. Public space at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Public space
    700 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    840 feet
  3. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    900 feet
  4. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at Concerto Public space
    1,160 feet
  6. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,200 feet
  7. Public space at Sheffield Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai West Hospital
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Media Alliance Research library
    630 feet
  2. American Bible Society Research library
    920 feet
  3. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    1,270 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    870 feet
  2. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Apostle Church Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Our Saviour NY Church Landmark
    530 feet
  3. Trinity Presbyterian Church House of worship
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    240 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    980 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 9th Avenue, Columbus Avenue or West 59th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.