Riverside Drive & West 76th Street

Riverside Drive and West 76th 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The fountain “Robert Ray Hamilton Fountain” is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Riverside Dr/W 76 St · M5
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 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. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 76 St, 60 feet away, for the M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 76 St M5
    60 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 820 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1,160 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 76th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 76th Street

  • No parking 5 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, 169 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

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
    50 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Day School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    100 feet
Show all 4
  1. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Carlebach Shul House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe'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 eight places to eat.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.