Columbus Avenue & West 87th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 87th 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 87th Street Park & Garden is 220 feet away, and Smith School is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 12 of them schools, and 51 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 850 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
    850 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
    0.5 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, 340 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 89 St & Columbus Ave 48 docks in all
    630 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
    0.8 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 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
102 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 1893 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and February 2025, 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING 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 87th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 87th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109668 and 111190.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 411 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1895.

  1. Public School 166 Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Gan Aliya School
    570 feet
  3. Smith School
    570 feet
Show all 19
  1. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    640 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  5. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  6. M.S. 243 Center School
    1,030 feet
  7. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    1,030 feet
  8. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    1,050 feet
  9. Trevor Day School
    1,060 feet
  10. Frank McCourt High School
    1,060 feet
  11. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    1,060 feet
  12. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    1,060 feet
  13. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    1,060 feet
  14. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    1,060 feet
  15. P.S. 166 the Richard Rodgers School of the Arts and Technology School
    1,120 feet
  16. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    220 feet
  2. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    620 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. St. Gregory's Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  3. Sol Bloom Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  2. Stables at 167, 169, 171 West 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. The Jewish Center Landmark
    450 feet
  2. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    710 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church Landmark
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    330 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    420 feet
  3. Community center at Thomas Apartments Community center
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. Planetarium Post Office
    1,250 feet
  2. Community center at Wsur (Site B) 74 West 92nd Street Community center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 12 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 87th 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.