Riverside Boulevard & West 68th Street

Riverside Boulevard and West 68th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park South is 20 feet away, and Riverside Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Riverside Blvd/W 69 St, is 340 feet away for the M72, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Riverside Blvd/W 69 St · M72
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Boulevard & West 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Blvd/W 69 St, 340 feet away, for the M72.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Blvd/W 69 St M72
    340 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    1,030 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2020, 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 68th Street

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

South side of West 68th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1899.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    90 feet
  2. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    140 feet
  3. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
Show all 5
  1. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    340 feet
  2. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    20 feet
  2. Little Engine Playground
    70 feet
  3. Big River Playground
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    490 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  3. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  4. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 69th Street Transfer Bridge of the New York Central Railroad Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 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 one food store.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Boulevard or West 68th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.