Riverside Drive & West 77th Street

Riverside Drive and West 77th 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. South Lawn in Riverside Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Riverside Dr/W 77 St · M5
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 77th 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 five 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 77 St, 120 feet away, for the M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 77 St M5
    120 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Riverside Drive and West 77th Street.

  • 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
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 560 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
    0.3 miles
  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 five 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1895 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

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

North side of West 77th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 77th 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, 177 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

  1. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall Designated landmark
    740 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
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Day School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    840 feet
  3. Christian Community Church House of worship
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 77th Street.

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