West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway

West 79th Street and Henry Hudson Parkway (Exit 10B) meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. South Lawn in Riverside Park is 180 feet away, and First Baptist Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
79 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
W 79 St/Riverside Dr · M79 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St 1
    1,150 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 79 St/Riverside Dr, 340 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 79 St/Riverside Dr M79 SBS
    340 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 79th Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 78 St 79 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

A ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1899 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 108 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Robert Ray Hamilton Fountain Fountain, 1906
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    180 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. River Run Playground
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    630 feet
  2. First Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. All Angels Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Hudson Parkway or West 79th Street.

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