West 62nd Street & Freedom Place South

West 62nd Street and Freedom Place South meet at a three-way junction 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. Collegiate School is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 61 St, is 590 feet away for the M57, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
West End Av/W 61 St · M57
Within a walk
20 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 62nd 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, 590 feet away, for the M57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    530 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10069
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1999 and 2014.

Since 2014 at least 327 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Freedom Place South

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of West 62nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. Collegiate School
    210 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  3. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    550 feet
Show all 15
  1. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    580 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  5. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  6. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    790 feet
  7. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    810 feet
  8. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  9. West End Secondary School
    1,010 feet
  10. Gateway School of NY School
    1,210 feet
  11. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  12. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    990 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    800 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freedom Place South or West 62nd Street.

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