Columbus Avenue & West 91st Street

Columbus Avenue and West 91st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner is also named John L. Nelson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) St. Agnes Parish House, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Columbus Av/W 92 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
37 places
10 schools, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    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. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 96 St 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 92 St, 140 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 92 St M7, M11 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    140 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 and West 91st Street.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 89 St & Columbus Ave 48 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, 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
118 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John L. Nelson Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John L. Nelson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • No stopping 2 signs 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 91st Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112068 and 113818.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 157 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. (former) St. Agnes Parish House Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Public School 166 Designated landmark
    790 feet
  3. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Trinity School Landmark
    550 feet
Show all 18
  1. Morningside PlayCare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    600 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  4. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  5. Dwight School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    870 feet
  6. Geneva School of Manhattan School
    890 feet
  7. Stephen Gaynor School
    940 feet
  8. Community Action School - MS 258 School
    1,010 feet
  9. Lafayette Academy School
    1,010 feet
  10. P.S. 333 Manhattan School for Children School
    1,010 feet
  11. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  12. P.S. 166 the Richard Rodgers School of the Arts and Technology School
    1,110 feet
  13. Basic Trust Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  14. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    1,240 feet
  15. Anglo-American Intntl School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sol Bloom Playground
    200 feet
  2. St. Gregory's Playground
    730 feet
  3. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Safari Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stables at 167, 169, 171 West 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Congregation Ohab Zedek Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Central Baptist NY Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Spanish Broadway 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    500 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and nine 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 91st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.