West End Avenue & West 103rd Street

West End Avenue and West 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexandria House stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Riverside Dr/W 103 St · M5
Within a walk
19 places
4 listed historic places, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St 1
    420 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    1 2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 103 St, 560 feet away, for the M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 103 St M5
    560 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West End Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 107 St 31 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1903 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 103rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 103rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 199 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1902.

  1. Alexandria House Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Marseilles Hotel Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Master Building Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    540 feet
  2. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    740 feet
  3. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    620 feet
  3. Straus Park
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. 105th Street Tot Lot Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Playground
    1,220 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Masters Building Listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ansche Chesed Synagogue Landmark
    740 feet
  2. New York Buddhist Church Landmark
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 103rd Street or West End Avenue.

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