Riverside Boulevard & West 63rd Street

Riverside Boulevard and West 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park South is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 64 St, is 830 feet away for the M57, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
West End Av/W 64 St · M57
Within a walk
19 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Boulevard & West 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 64 St, 830 feet away, for the M57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 64 St M57 · Shelter
    830 feet
    M57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    570 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. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10069
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1999 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 211 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 63rd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  3. Collegiate School
    700 feet
Show all 13
  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  4. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    870 feet
  5. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    980 feet
  6. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  7. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    1,170 feet
  8. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  9. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,200 feet
  10. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    520 feet
  2. Big River Playground
    930 feet
  3. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Engine Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Boulevard or West 63rd Street.

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