Riverside Drive & West 94th Street

Riverside Drive and West 94th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner stands inside Joan Of Arc Park and lies on the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 80 feet away, and Dinosaur Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Riverside Dr/W 94 St · M5
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 94th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    1,170 feet
    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 …

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 94 St, 60 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 94 St M5
    60 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 630 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,100 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2017
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1904 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 269 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 94th Street

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

South side of West 94th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 68 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1900 and 1910.

  1. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

This corner stands inside Joan Of Arc Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Riverside Montessori Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson School · landmark
    890 feet
  3. The West Side Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vivvi 15 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  2. Ideal School and Academy School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    80 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    280 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dinosaur Playground
    880 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    990 feet
  3. Hippo Playground
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomander Walk District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Symphony Space Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Heichal Moshe House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 94th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.