West 62nd Street & Riverside Boulevard

West 62nd Street and Riverside Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 61 St, is 960 feet away for the M57, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
West End Av/W 61 St · M57
Within a walk
18 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 62nd Street & Riverside Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 61 St, 960 feet away, for the M57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,300 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 2016.

Since 2014 at least 324 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Riverside Boulevard

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

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

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Collegiate School
    440 feet
  2. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
Show all 13
  1. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    930 feet
  2. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  3. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  4. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  5. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  6. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    1,140 feet
  7. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    1,180 feet
  9. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet
  10. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    690 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Big River Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    880 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverside Boulevard or West 62nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.