West 70th Street & Freedom Place

West 70th Street and Freedom Place meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Little Engine Playground is 850 feet away, and Matthew P. Sapolin Playground is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
W 70 St/Freedom Pl · M72
Within a walk
20 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 70th Street & Freedom Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 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 …

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 70 St/Freedom Pl, 170 feet away, for the M72.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 70 St/Freedom Pl M72 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M72
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Blvd & W 67 St 79 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 11 Riverside Drive Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2017

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Freedom Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Freedom Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West 70th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 86 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 park features
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    720 feet
  2. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. West End Day School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    320 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    820 feet
  3. Little Engine Playground
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    890 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,010 feet
  4. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. Big River Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freedom Place or West 70th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.