Riverside Drive & West 91st Street

Riverside Drive and West 91st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 70 feet away, and Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Riverside Dr/W 91 St · M5
Within a walk
22 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 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. 86 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bloemendaal” (2010) by Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 91 St, 40 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 91 St M5
    40 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 91st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 91 St 59 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 208 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 187 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1902.

  1. (former) Rutgers Club Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Rectory of the Fourth Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Temple by Paul E.M. DuBoy, 1902
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal School and Academy School
    230 feet
  2. Riverside Montessori Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan School
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. The West Side Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Vivvi 15 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    890 feet
  3. Beit Rabban Day School
    1,240 feet
  4. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    100 feet
  3. Joan Of Arc Park
    110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hippo Playground
    270 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    410 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    540 feet
  4. Dog Run W 87 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. The Riverside Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soldiers & Sailors Monument Monument or memorial · landmark
    560 feet
  2. Isaac L. Rice Mansion Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Heichal Moshe House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Landmark
    360 feet
  3. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 91st Street.

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