Columbus Avenue & West 77th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 77th 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, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Park Plaza stands 190 feet away, and Junior High School No. 44 stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 54 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Columbus Av/W 78 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five 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
    1,280 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. 79 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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, 130 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 78 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    130 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 and West 77th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 76 St & Columbus Ave 51 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1891 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 106 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 87 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 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.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Farmers market 5 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 10AM-8PM
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 1 sign TAXI/FHV 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

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
  • Farmers market 1 sign FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111182 and 114097.

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, 342 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1893.

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

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Theodore Roosevelt Park.

  1. The New York Times Capsule Sculpture by Santiago Calatrava, 2000
    540 feet
  2. Nobel Monument Stele by Sivert Lindblom and A. Lindberg, 2003
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. M245 the Computer School
    490 feet
  2. M.S. M247 Dual Language Middle School
    490 feet
  3. The Anderson School
    490 feet
Show all 9
  1. Gan Aliya School
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    730 feet
  3. Parkside School
    1,080 feet
  4. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  5. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    600 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
    230 feet
  2. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum · listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Side Institutional Synagogue Landmark
    430 feet
  2. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 76th Street Older adult center
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and eight 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 77th 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.