Columbus Avenue & West 82nd Street

Columbus Avenue and West 82nd 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, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 20th Precinct Station House Garage, stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
W 81 St/Columbus Av · M79 SBS, BxM2
Within a walk
28 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St-Museum of Natural History 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. 86 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 79 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 W 81 St/Columbus Av, 340 feet away, for the M79 SBS and BxM2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 81 St/Columbus Av M79 SBS, BxM2
    340 feet
    M79 SBS BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …
  2. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 82 St & Central Park W 45 docks in all
    860 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. 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
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, March 2019

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
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 5,200 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 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 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • No stopping 4 signs 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

North side of West 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111882 and 114024.

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, 334 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1885 and 1893.

  1. 20th Precinct Station House Garage Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Hotel Colonial Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Nobel Monument Stele by Sivert Lindblom and A. Lindberg, 2003
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 2 park features
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 243 Center School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    580 feet
  3. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Frank McCourt High School
    1,030 feet
  4. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    1,030 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    1,030 feet
  6. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    1,030 feet
  7. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    1,030 feet
  8. Rodeph Sholom School
    1,240 feet
  9. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Diana Ross Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum · listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. St. Agnes Library
    1,090 feet
  3. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Rodeph Sholom Congregation House of worship
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    500 feet

Fire and police

  1. 20th Precinct Police station · landmark
    340 feet
  2. Engine 74 Fire station · landmark
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 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 82nd 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.