Riverside Drive & West 79th Street

Riverside Drive and West 79th Street meet at a six-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neufeld Playground is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
W 79 St/Riverside Dr · M79 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St 1
    850 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 79 St/Riverside Dr, 50 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 79 St/Riverside Dr M79 SBS
    50 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Riverside Drive and West 79th Street.

  • 5 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
    410 feet

By car

A ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1899 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 117 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 77 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

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

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 23 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 79th Street

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

South side of West 79th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 158 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1899.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School Landmark
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    60 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. River Run Playground
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    340 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  3. All Angels Church Landmark
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 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 11 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverside Drive or West 79th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.