West 79th Street & Henry Hudson Parkway
West 79th Street and Henry Hudson Parkway 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 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 86 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 West 79th Street.
By car
A ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound starts at this corner.
- 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
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Elizabethan Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1896 and 1925.
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