Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 60th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Paul Apostle Church is 280 feet away, and Dante Park is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, four of them parks, and 70 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Columbus Avenue.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Columbus Av/W 61 St · M11
Within a walk
36 places
11 public spaces, 4 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 680 feet from this corner, about three 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
    680 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
    1,170 feet
    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 Columbus Av/W 61 St, 60 feet away, for the M11.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 61 St M11 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 36 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
    230 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 345 West 58th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    940 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2005
  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1997.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 26 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm on West 60th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 60th Street (south side).

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM 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
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101147, 103419, 103427, 104484 and 106549.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1875 and 1930.

  1. Roosevelt Hospital Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 11 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 theaters or concert halls
  • 3 research libraries
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Speyer Legacy School
    400 feet
  2. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. Professional Childrens School
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 452 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    580 feet
  2. Dante Park
    840 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Damrosch Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Regent Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    580 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    890 feet
  4. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Public space
    960 feet
  6. Public space at Concerto Public space
    1,060 feet
  7. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,080 feet
  8. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai West Hospital
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Bible Society Research library
    660 feet
  2. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Media Alliance Research library
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. New York Philharmonic Research library
    1,230 feet
  3. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    610 feet
  2. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    740 feet
  3. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Apostle Church Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Our Saviour NY Church Landmark
    790 feet
  3. Trinity Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 60th 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.