Riverside Drive & West 97th Street

Riverside Drive and West 97th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. 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 under 10 feet away, and Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them park features, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Riverside Dr/W 97 St · M5
Within a walk
12 places
3 park features, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 97th 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 five 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. 103 St 1
    0.5 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 97 St, 40 feet away, for the M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 94 St 31 docks in all
    1,250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    770 feet

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 1909 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 145 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 20 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Riverside Drive

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 97th Street

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

South side of West 97th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 81 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1899 and 1913.

  1. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Hotel Paris; Paris Apartments Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. Hotel Marcy Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Firemen's Memorial Sarcophagus by Attilio Piccirilli, 1913
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson School · landmark
    860 feet
  2. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  3. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    under 10 feet
  2. Dinosaur Playground
    190 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    650 feet
  2. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  3. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. Ansche Chesed Synagogue House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 97th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.