Riverside Drive & West 106th Street

Riverside Drive and West 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “General Franz Sigel” is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Riverside Dr/W 106 St · M5
Within a walk
16 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 106 St, 70 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 106 St M5
    70 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 106th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2018
  • 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
106 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1900 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 135 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 106th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 106th 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

The corner stands at the edge of the Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 128 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1898 and 1902.

  1. Master Building Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Manhasset Apartments Designated landmark
    730 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
    20 feet
  2. Isidor and Ida Straus Statue by Augustus Lukeman, 1915
    540 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    100 feet
  3. 105th Street Tot Lot Playground
    320 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    420 feet
  2. Straus Park
    540 feet
  3. 110th Street Tot Lot Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nicholas Roerich Museum
    360 feet
  2. Schinasi House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. 352 and 353 Riverside Drive, Townhouses At Listed historic place
    480 feet
Show all 5
  1. Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Masters Building Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New York Buddhist Church Landmark
    190 feet
  2. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 221 West 107th Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 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 24 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 106th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.