West 61st Street & Freedom Place South

West 61st Street and Freedom Place South meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse stands 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 61 St, is 310 feet away for the M57, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
West End Av/W 61 St · M57
Within a walk
23 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 61st Street & Freedom Place South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 61 St, 310 feet away, for the M57.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 61 St M57
    310 feet
    M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Freedom Place South.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 60 St 39 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 10 Riverside Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 5,200 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 2006 and 2014.

Since 2014 at least 440 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Freedom Place South

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Freedom Place South

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 61st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 61st Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Neoclassical, and built between 1902 and 1905.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Collegiate School
    250 feet
  2. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    280 feet
  3. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    310 feet
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  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    530 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  4. West End Secondary School
    740 feet
  5. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  6. Gateway School of NY School
    940 feet
  7. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  8. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  9. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  10. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    1,040 feet
  11. P.S. 452 School
    1,080 feet
  12. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  13. CUNY John Jay Col Crim Justice College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    880 feet
  2. Gertrude Ederle Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    1,240 feet
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  1. Hudson River Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    710 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freedom Place South or West 61st 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.