Riverside Drive & West 75th Street

Riverside Drive and West 75th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Manhattan Day School is 340 feet away, and Neufeld Playground is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Riverside Dr/W 74 St · M5
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 75th 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 seven 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, 190 feet away, for the M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 78 St 79 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    910 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1897 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 132 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 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 75th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 75th Street

  • No parking 4 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, 168 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1898.

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
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Day School
    340 feet
  2. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    20 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    20 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    860 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Level Club Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 75th 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.