Riverside Boulevard & West 61st Street

Riverside Boulevard and West 61st Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 61 St, is 780 feet away for the M57, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
West End Av/W 61 St · M57
Within a walk
15 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Boulevard & West 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 61 St, 780 feet away, for the M57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 61 St M57
    780 feet
    M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 60 St 39 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 10 Riverside Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 2006 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 324 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Riverside Boulevard

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 17 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Neoclassical, and built between 1902 and 1905.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 59th Street Marine Transfer Station.

  1. Neon for the 59th Street Marine Transfer Station Light installation by Stephen Antonakos, 1990
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces

Schools and child care

  1. Collegiate School
    470 feet
  2. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    740 feet
  3. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
Show all 11
  1. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  4. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    1,000 feet
  5. West End Secondary School
    1,200 feet
  6. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  7. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  8. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    420 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    920 feet
  2. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Boulevard or West 61st Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.