Columbus Avenue & West 88th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 88th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner is also named Bernie Wohl Way by local law. It lies on the edge of 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. Goddard Riverside Community Center is 100 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 44 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
900 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Columbus Av/W 89 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
32 places
10 schools, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 900 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
    900 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

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 89 St, 170 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 89 St M7, M11 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M7 M11
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 47 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
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bernie Wohl Way, a co-naming enacted on June 14, 2007 (Local Law 28 of 2007).

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 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 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 88th Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 88th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110386 and 111190.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 384 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1895.

  1. Public School 166 Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Claremont Stables Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    790 feet
Show all 18
  1. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Trevor Day School
    790 feet
  3. Gan Aliya School
    830 feet
  4. Smith School
    830 feet
  5. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  6. P.S. 166 the Richard Rodgers School of the Arts and Technology School
    850 feet
  7. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    900 feet
  8. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  9. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  10. Dwight School
    1,120 feet
  11. Geneva School of Manhattan School
    1,190 feet
  12. Stephen Gaynor School
    1,240 feet
  13. Morningside PlayCare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  14. M.S. 243 Center School
    1,300 feet
  15. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    310 feet
  2. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    350 feet
  3. St. Gregory's Playground
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Sol Bloom Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stables at 167, 169, 171 West 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. The Jewish Center Landmark
    710 feet
  2. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    970 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    100 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    160 feet
  3. Community center at Thomas Apartments Community center
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Community center at Wsur (Site B) 74 West 92nd Street Community center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    480 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and nine 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 88th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.