Riverside Boulevard & West 66th Street

Riverside Boulevard and West 66th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Little Engine Playground is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
W 66 St/Freedom Pl · M72
Within a walk
17 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Boulevard & West 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 66 St/Freedom Pl, 190 feet away, for the M72.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 66 St/Freedom Pl M72
    190 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Blvd & W 67 St 79 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    520 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 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 1962 and 2002.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 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 66th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 66th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 3 signs NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  3. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    1,270 feet
Show all 12
  1. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    370 feet
  2. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    590 feet
  4. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  7. High School of Arts and Technology School
    1,270 feet
  8. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    1,270 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    40 feet
  2. Big River Playground
    120 feet
  3. Little Engine Playground
    340 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 66th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.