Riverside Drive & West 80th Street

Riverside Drive and West 80th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carlebach Shul is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them listed historic places, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Riverside Dr/W 80 St · M5
Within a walk
15 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St 1
    1,040 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 80 St, 90 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 80 St M5
    90 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 82 St 75 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  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
    2.2 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 146 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

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

North side of West 80th Street

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

South side of West 80th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 138 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1902.

  1. The Selkirk Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Grammar School No. 9 Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School Landmark
    640 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    350 feet
  3. River Run Playground
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neufeld Playground
    970 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    340 feet
  2. All Angels Church Landmark
    600 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Landmark
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Fairway Market 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 nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 80th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.