Riverside Drive & West 102nd Street

Riverside Drive and West 102nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexandria House stands 690 feet away, and Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Riverside Dr/W 103 St · M5
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 1
    1,160 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 103 St, 340 feet away, for the M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 103 St M5
    340 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    1,320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1905 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 102nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 102nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 171 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1904.

  1. Master Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Alexandria House Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Marseilles Hotel Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus by Attilio Piccirilli, 1913
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    390 feet
  3. 105th Street Tot Lot Playground
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,080 feet
  2. Dinosaur Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Masters Building Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New York Buddhist Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Ansche Chesed Synagogue Landmark
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 102nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.