Columbus Avenue & West 76th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 76th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West Side Institutional Synagogue is 290 feet away, and Gan Aliya is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Columbus Av/W 78 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 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. 81 St-Museum of Natural History 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 B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “For Want of a Nail” (2000) by MTA Arts & Design Collaborative at the 81 St-Museum of Natural History station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 78 St, 400 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 78 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    400 feet
    M7 M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 76 St & Columbus Ave 51 docks in all
    130 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. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.5 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 4,800 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 1921.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 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 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 10AM-8PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 10AM-8PM

North side of West 76th Street

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111182 and 112165.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 407 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1893.

  1. Hotel Park Plaza Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Junior High School No. 44 Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. The American Museum of Natural History Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Theodore Roosevelt Park.

  1. The New York Times Capsule Sculpture by Santiago Calatrava, 2000
    790 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 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Aliya School
    350 feet
  2. M.S. M245 the Computer School
    540 feet
  3. M.S. M247 Dual Language Middle School
    540 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Anderson School
    540 feet
  2. Parkside School
    800 feet
  3. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  4. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  5. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    1,010 feet
  6. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    870 feet
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. New-York Historical Society Museum
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. American Museum of Natural History Museum · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Side Institutional Synagogue Landmark
    290 feet
  2. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 76th Street Older adult center
    350 feet
  2. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and six 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 76th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.