Columbus Avenue & West 63rd Street

Columbus Avenue and West 63rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lincoln Center Plaza is 40 feet away, and Fusion Academy Lincoln Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, nine of them theaters or concert halls, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
390 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Columbus Av/W 63 St · M11
Within a walk
43 places
10 public spaces, 9 theaters or concert halls and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    390 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    1,030 feet
    1 A B C D
  2. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 63 St, 40 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 63 St M11
    40 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 63 St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 345 West 58th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1950 and 1982.

Trees

NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the quaking aspen.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113231 and 113976.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and neo-Romanesque. They were built between 1900 and 1931.

  1. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. McBurney School Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. First Battery Armory Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Dante Park.

  1. Dante Alighieri Statue by Ettore Ximenes, 1921
    110 feet
  2. Time Sculpture Sculpture by Philip Cortelyou Johnson, 1999
    190 feet
  3. Richard Tucker Bust by Milton Hebald, 1980
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 10 public spaces
  • 9 theaters or concert halls
  • 5 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    790 feet
  2. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    940 feet
Show all 10
  1. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    970 feet
  3. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    980 feet
  4. Juilliard School (The) College
    1,040 feet
  5. Berlitz Campus Language Inst for Eng Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  6. Fusion Academy Lincoln Center School
    1,140 feet
  7. Speyer Legacy School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    40 feet
  2. Dante Park
    60 feet
  3. Damrosch Park
    310 feet
Show all 5
  1. Richard Tucker Park
    700 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    470 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    620 feet
  2. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    670 feet
  3. Public space at Two Lincoln Square Public space
    790 feet
  4. Public space at Regent Public space
    800 feet
  5. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    840 feet
  6. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,220 feet
  7. Public space at 10 West 66th Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Philharmonic Research library
    450 feet
  2. American Bible Society Research library
    780 feet
  3. American Folk Art Museum
    790 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    190 feet
  2. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    430 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House Theater or concert hall
    520 feet
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  1. Juilliard Theater Theater or concert hall
    670 feet
  2. Lincoln Center Arts or cultural center
    720 feet
  3. Alice Tully Hall Theater or concert hall
    750 feet
  4. Peter J Sharp Theater Theater or concert hall
    990 feet
  5. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,200 feet
  6. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,210 feet
  7. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    610 feet
  2. St Paul Apostle Church Listed historic place
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    670 feet
  2. Ansonia Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    820 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 63rd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.