West 68th Street & Freedom Place

West 68th Street and Freedom Place meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Little Engine Playground is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
W 66 St/Freedom Pl · M72
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 68th Street & Freedom Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.5 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. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Laced Canopy” (2002) by Robert Hickman at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 66 St/Freedom Pl, 570 feet away, for the M72.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 66 St/Freedom Pl M72
    570 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Blvd & W 67 St 79 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes 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 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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1962 and 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Freedom Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 68th Street

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

South side of West 68th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 23 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1898.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    350 feet
  2. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    410 feet
  3. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    290 feet
  2. Little Engine Playground
    330 feet
  3. Big River Playground
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freedom Place or West 68th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.