West End Avenue & West 62nd Street

West End Avenue and West 62nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Amsterdam development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,442 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Gertrude Ederle Pool is 940 feet away, and Gertrude Ederle Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
West End Av/W 64 St · M57
Within a walk
29 places
11 day care or pre-K sites, 8 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 64 St, 320 feet away, for the M57.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 64 St M57 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    1,270 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,442 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 360th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 876 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 7,300 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 1977 and 2013.

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

Since 2014 at least 327 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 62nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of West 62nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    370 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
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  1. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    560 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. West End Secondary School
    590 feet
  4. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    610 feet
  5. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  6. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  7. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  8. Gateway School of NY School
    920 feet
  9. Collegiate School
    920 feet
  10. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet
  11. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  12. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  13. Amsterdam Child care
    1,090 feet
  14. P.S. 452 School
    1,090 feet
  15. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    1,170 feet
  16. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  17. CUNY John Jay Col Crim Justice College
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    570 feet
  2. Damrosch Park
    1,110 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,110 feet
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  1. Gertrude Ederle Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    380 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    740 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 62nd Street or West End Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.