West End Avenue & West 61st Street

West End Avenue and West 61st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Amsterdam development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Abraham Joshua Heschel School is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 61 St, is 40 feet away for the M57, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
West End Av/W 61 St · M57
Within a walk
25 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 61 St, 40 feet away, for the M57.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 61 St M57
    40 feet
    M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 60 St 39 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 161 West 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 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 1973 and 2013.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Amsterdam development.

Since 2014 at least 376 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 61st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 61st Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 4 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    210 feet
  3. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    270 feet
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  1. West End Secondary School
    410 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Collegiate School
    570 feet
  4. Gateway School of NY School
    620 feet
  5. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    640 feet
  6. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  7. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    720 feet
  8. P.S. 452 School
    750 feet
  9. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  10. CUNY John Jay Col Crim Justice College
    960 feet
  11. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  12. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  13. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gertrude Ederle Playground
    800 feet
  2. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    920 feet
  3. Riverside Park South Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Damrosch Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    550 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at BMW Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Concerto Public space
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    390 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 61st Street or West End Avenue.

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