Columbus Avenue & West 73rd Street

Columbus Avenue and West 73rd 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The New York Telephone Company Building stands 350 feet away, and Hotel Olcott stands 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Columbus Av/W 72 St · M7, M11, BxM2
Within a walk
24 places
9 listed historic places, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,150 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
    1,150 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
    1,180 feet
    1 2 3
  2. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.4 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, 320 feet away, for the M7, M11 and BxM2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 72 St M7, M11, BxM2
    320 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.

  • 56 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. W 74 St & Columbus Ave 27 docks in all
    350 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,900 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 1890 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 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 7pm on West 73rd Street (south side).

East side of Columbus Avenue

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

West side of Columbus Avenue

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

North side of West 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109074, 111639, 113705 and 114439.

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 478 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1893.

  1. Arts Studio Building Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. The New York Telephone Company Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Parkside School
    390 feet
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    850 feet
  3. Gan Aliya School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Blessed Sacrament School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 9
  1. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Central Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  4. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  6. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. West Side Institutional Synagogue House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Vedanta Society House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    580 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 76th Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and ten 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 73rd 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.