Columbus Avenue & West 85th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 85th 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. St. Matthew & St. Timothy Church and Center stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Columbus Av/W 86 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
36 places
10 schools, 7 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 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. 86 St 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 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Parkside Portals” (2018) by Joyce Kozloff at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 86 St, 140 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 86 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    140 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 85 St 38 docks in all
    910 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 mile
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 6 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 July 2025.

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and July 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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 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 85th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 85th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111662 and 113937.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 376 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

  1. St. Matthew & St. Timothy Church and Center Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. M.S. 243 Center School
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    470 feet
Show all 17
  1. Frank McCourt High School
    500 feet
  2. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    500 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    500 feet
  4. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    500 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    500 feet
  6. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    550 feet
  7. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    640 feet
  8. Gan Aliya School
    730 feet
  9. Smith School
    730 feet
  10. Rodeph Sholom School Landmark
    970 feet
  11. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    980 feet
  12. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  13. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  14. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    780 feet
  2. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Toll Family Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    1,180 feet
  3. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. The Jewish Center Landmark
    550 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rodeph Sholom Congregation Landmark
    1,050 feet
  2. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    680 feet
  2. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    890 feet
  3. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 74 Fire station · landmark
    860 feet
  2. 20th Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and ten 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 85th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.