Columbus Avenue & West 75th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 75th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Parkside School is 540 feet away, and M.S. M245 the Computer School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Columbus Av/W 75 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 75th 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 six 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
    0.3 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, 180 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 75 St M7, M11
    180 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.

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 74 St & Columbus Ave 27 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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 (Central)
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 6,400 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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 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 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 75th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 75th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110336, 111753, 111754 and 112807.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 443 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1893.

  1. Arts Studio Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Hotel Park Plaza Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. The New York Telephone Company Building Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Parkside School
    540 feet
  2. Gan Aliya School
    610 feet
  3. M.S. M245 the Computer School
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. M.S. M247 Dual Language Middle School
    800 feet
  2. The Anderson School
    800 feet
  3. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    850 feet
  4. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  6. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Tecumseh Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. New-York Historical Society Museum
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Side Institutional Synagogue Landmark
    360 feet
  2. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 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 78 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 75th 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.