Riverside Drive & West 96th Street

Riverside Drive and West 96th Street meet at a six-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller stands 140 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 nine public places, two of them parks, and ten 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
250 feet
Riverside Dr/W 97 St · M5
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 park features and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 96th 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 97 St, 250 feet away, for the M5.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 97 St M5
    250 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 94 St 31 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

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

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    460 feet
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    470 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1903 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 117 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 77 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1900 and 1915.

  1. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Hotel Paris; Paris Apartments Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Hotel Marcy Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson School · landmark
    560 feet
  2. Riverside Montessori Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Dinosaur Playground
    310 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    340 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    340 feet
  2. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomander Walk District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Symphony Space Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverside Drive or West 96th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.