Riverside Boulevard & West 72nd Street

Riverside Boulevard and West 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park South is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
W 72 St/West End Av · M5
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Boulevard & West 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Laced Canopy” (2002) by Robert Hickman at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 72 St/West End Av, 640 feet away, for the M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 72 St/West End Av M5
    640 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 72 St 41 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 11 Riverside Drive Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 72nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 74 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1904.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    30 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    30 feet
  3. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    110 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    210 feet
  2. Little Engine Playground
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverside Boulevard or West 72nd Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.