Columbus Avenue & West 71st Street

Columbus Avenue and West 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman Way by local law. It lies inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Hargrave stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 108 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Columbus Av/W 72 St · M7, M11, BxM2
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    1,110 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    1,140 feet
    1 2 3
  2. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SKY” (2018) by Yoko Ono at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 72 St, 270 feet away, for the M7, M11 and BxM2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 72 St M7, M11, BxM2
    270 feet
    M7 M11 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 83 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 72 St 67 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 2148 Broadway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Turn calming, April 2025

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
86 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman Way, a co-naming enacted on June 24, 2017 (Local Law 110 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,200 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 1892 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 10AM-8PM

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 10AM-8PM

North side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109775, 111870, 113076 and 113790.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 433 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1896.

  1. Hotel Hargrave Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. The Stratford Arms Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Hotel Walton Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blessed Sacrament School
    680 feet
  2. Parkside School
    960 feet
  3. Fusion Academy Lincoln Center School
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. York Prep School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Sherman Square
    1,040 feet
  3. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Verdi Square
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Dorilton Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Vedanta Society House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Shearith Israel Congregation House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ansonia Post Office
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 108 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 71st 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.