Columbus Avenue & West 86th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 86th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner is also named Larry Harlow Way by local law. It 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. The Jewish Center is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 86 St/Columbus Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
32 places
10 schools, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St B, C
    860 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
    1,310 feet
    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 W 86 St/Columbus Av, 60 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/Columbus Av M86 SBS · Shelter
    60 feet
    M86 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

West 86th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 89 St & Columbus Ave 48 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, October 2013

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Larry Harlow Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,500 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Larry Harlow Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and April 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 1 sign 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 86th Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 86th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112795 and 113937.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 409 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    360 feet
  2. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    420 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
Show all 17
  1. Gan Aliya School
    450 feet
  2. Smith School
    450 feet
  3. M.S. 243 Center School
    750 feet
  4. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    750 feet
  5. Frank McCourt High School
    780 feet
  6. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    780 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    780 feet
  8. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    780 feet
  9. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    780 feet
  10. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  11. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  12. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  13. Rodeph Sholom School
    1,260 feet
  14. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    500 feet
  2. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    900 feet
  3. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum
    1,150 feet
  2. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. The Jewish Center Landmark
    420 feet
  2. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    690 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church Landmark
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Matthew St Timothy Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    610 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    700 feet
  3. Planetarium Post Office
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 74 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 13 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 86th 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.