West 79th Street & Bike Path
West 79th Street and Bike Path meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Riverside Park is 10 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
A marked bike lane runs on Bike Path and West 79th Street.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 100 feet by car along the streets.
- 303 West 96th Street Gas station1.1 miles
- 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10024
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 6
- Police precinct
- 20
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Upper West Side (Central)
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 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 1926 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Landmarks and historic districts
Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Elizabethan Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1898 and 1916.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Riverside Park Listed historic place10 feet
- Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature1,140 feet
- River Run Playground1,160 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Lanai (Argo) Listed historic place760 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here