Columbus Avenue & West 74th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 74th 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, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Arts Studio Building stands 130 feet away, and Beacon Theatre is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Columbus Av/W 75 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
25 places
7 listed historic places, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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 75 St, 120 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 75 St M7, M11
    120 feet
    M7 M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 74 St & Columbus Ave 27 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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 8,000 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and September 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 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 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 74th Street

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

South side of West 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110336, 111754, 111755 and 111886.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 455 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1894.

  1. Arts Studio Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. The New York Telephone Company Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Parkside School
    280 feet
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    580 feet
  3. Gan Aliya School
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. M.S. M245 the Computer School
    1,070 feet
  2. M.S. M247 Dual Language Middle School
    1,070 feet
  3. The Anderson School
    1,070 feet
  4. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Verdi Square
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. Central Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  4. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Side Institutional Synagogue Landmark
    620 feet
  2. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vedanta Society House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    700 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 76th Street Older adult center
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's 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 93 places to eat and nine 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 74th 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.