Columbus Avenue & West 96th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner is also named Monnie Callan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 685 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. East River Savings Bank, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C.

Safety record
7 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
W 96 St/Columbus Av · M96, M106
Within a walk
31 places
12 day care or pre-K sites, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St B, C
    890 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. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 96 St/Columbus Av, 110 feet away, for the M96 and M106.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 96 St/Columbus Av M96, M106
    110 feet
    M96 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …
  2. M106 …

Live arrivals

West 96th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Ave & W 95 St 39 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 169 West 95th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Turn calming, December 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 685 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 992nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 478 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Monnie Callan Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,700 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 1929 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 96th Street (south side).

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 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 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 96th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110273, 111813, 112698, 112699 and 114954.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1894.

  1. East River Savings Bank Designated landmark
    790 feet
  2. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 12 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at 96th St. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Dwight School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Studio School
    600 feet
Show all 18
  1. Rella's Spielhaus Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. La Maternelle IV Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Little Tree Bilingual Montessori of NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  4. Manhattan Children's Center School
    680 feet
  5. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  6. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    720 feet
  7. Morningside PlayCare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  8. Basic Trust Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  9. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    970 feet
  10. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  11. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  12. P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,030 feet
  13. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  14. Alexander Robertson School
    1,120 feet
  15. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Rudin Family Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Happy Warrior Playground
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sol Bloom Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Ohab Zedek Listed historic place
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Spanish Broadway 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Wsur (Site B) 74 West 92nd Street Community center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 96th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.