Riverside Drive & West 99th Street

Riverside Drive and West 99th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sarcophagus “Firemen's Memorial” is 270 feet away, and Joan Of Arc Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Riverside Dr/W 100 St · M5
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverside Drive & West 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 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
    0.4 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 100 St, 430 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 100 St M5
    430 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    1,110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, December 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2019
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two 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 1907 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 158 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 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 99th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 99th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 114 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1896 and 1911.

  1. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller Designated landmark
    710 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
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Dinosaur Playground
    470 feet
  3. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Masters Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. St. Michael's Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ansche Chesed Synagogue Landmark
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 99th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.