West End Avenue & West 106th Street

West End Avenue and West 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Straus Park is 80 feet away, and West Prep Academy is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
W 106 St/Broadway · M60 SBS
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 1
    1,030 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
    1,060 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 106 St/Broadway, 140 feet away, for the M60 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 106 St/Broadway M60 SBS
    140 feet
    M60 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 106th Street and West End Avenue.

  • 33 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
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1901 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 106th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 139 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1897 and 1902.

  1. Manhasset Apartments Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. Master Building Designated landmark
    800 feet
  3. Horn & Hardart Automat-Cafeteria Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Straus Park.

  1. Isidor and Ida Straus Statue by Augustus Lukeman, 1915
    90 feet
  2. General Franz Sigel Statue by Karl Bitter, 1907
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School
    1,030 feet
  3. School at Columbia University (The) School
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. West Prep Academy School
    1,110 feet
  2. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Straus Park
    80 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. Terrace Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. 105th Street Tot Lot Playground
    780 feet
  2. Dog Run W 105 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    880 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nicholas Roerich Museum
    600 feet
  2. Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Schinasi House Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. 352 and 353 Riverside Drive, Townhouses At Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. Masters Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New York Buddhist Church Landmark
    450 feet
  2. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ramath Orah Congregation Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 221 West 107th Street Older adult center
    790 feet
  2. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 106th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.