Columbus Avenue & West 72nd Street

Columbus Avenue and West 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church is 370 feet away, and Manasse's Professional Building stands 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 103 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Columbus Av/W 72 St · M7, M11, BxM2
Within a walk
23 places
7 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    870 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
    1,010 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, 40 feet away, for the M7, M11 and BxM2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 72 St M7, M11, BxM2
    40 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.

  • 66 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
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 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, February 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2020

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1890 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on West 72nd Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 72nd Street (south side).

East side of Columbus Avenue

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

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 72nd Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109074, 109138, 109139, 111872, 113867 and 115054.

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 460 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1892.

  1. Hotel Hargrave Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Manasse's Professional Building Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Parkside School
    670 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament School
    960 feet
  3. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fusion Academy Lincoln Center School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Verdi Square
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Dorilton Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  4. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church Landmark
    370 feet
  2. Vedanta Society House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. West Side Institutional Synagogue House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Shearith Israel Congregation House of worship
    1,210 feet
  4. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    870 feet
  2. Ansonia Post Office
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 103 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 72nd 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.