Riverside Drive & West 74th Street

Riverside Drive and West 74th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the West End - Collegiate Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 20 feet away, and Beacon Theatre is 1,220 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 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Riverside Dr/W 74 St · M5
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 74th 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 74 St, 110 feet away, for the M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 74 St M5
    110 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    640 feet
  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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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 (Central)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 74th Street

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

South side of West 74th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the West End - Collegiate Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 181 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1901.

  1. Level Club and Masonic Hotel Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Robert Ray Hamilton Fountain Fountain, 1906
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Day School
    370 feet
  2. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    20 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    20 feet
  3. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neufeld Playground
    650 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 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 seven places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 74th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.