West 63rd Street & Freedom Place South

West 63rd Street and Freedom Place South meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 64 St, is 470 feet away for the M57, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
West End Av/W 64 St · M57
Within a walk
24 places
11 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 63rd Street & Freedom Place South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 64 St, 470 feet away, for the M57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 64 St M57 · Shelter
    470 feet
    M57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    260 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,400 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 1994 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 211 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and September 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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. Collegiate School
    480 feet
Show all 16
  1. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  3. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    520 feet
  4. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  5. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    820 feet
  6. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    850 feet
  7. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  8. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  9. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    1,060 feet
  10. West End Secondary School
    1,090 feet
  11. Amsterdam Child care
    1,240 feet
  12. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet
  13. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    720 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    810 feet
  3. Big River Playground
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Damrosch Park
    1,280 feet
  2. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freedom Place South or West 63rd Street.

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