Riverside Drive & West 104th Street

Riverside Drive and West 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 16 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Riverside Dr/W 103 St · M5
Within a walk
16 places
5 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 1
    1,110 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
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 103 St, 290 feet away, for the M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 107 St 31 docks in all
    1,240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1901 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 153 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No standing 22 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 104th Street

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

South side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 165 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1902.

  1. Master Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Alexandria House Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Riverside Park.

  1. General Franz Sigel Statue by Karl Bitter, 1907
    550 feet
  2. Isidor and Ida Straus Statue by Augustus Lukeman, 1915
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  2. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    100 feet
  3. 105th Street Tot Lot Playground
    290 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    550 feet
  2. Straus Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Masters Building Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Nicholas Roerich Museum
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Schinasi House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. 352 and 353 Riverside Drive, Townhouses At Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New York Buddhist Church Landmark
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 104th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.