West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway

West 79th Street and Henry Hudson Parkway (Exit 10) 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. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 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, 180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

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
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 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 1926 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seventeen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Elizabethan Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1898 and 1922.

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.