West End Avenue & West 63rd Street

West End Avenue and West 63rd 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground is 400 feet away, and Lincoln Center Plaza is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 12 of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
West End Av/W 64 St · M57
Within a walk
32 places
12 schools, 11 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 63rd 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 nine 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, 150 feet away, for the M57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    580 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
    1,100 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 6,200 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 1976 and 2007.

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

Since 2014 at least 156 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and May 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West End Avenue

  • 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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign 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 32 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    190 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
Show all 23
  1. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  3. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  4. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  5. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    730 feet
  6. West End Secondary School
    770 feet
  7. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    790 feet
  8. Collegiate School
    800 feet
  9. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  10. Amsterdam Child care
    920 feet
  11. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    1,000 feet
  12. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  13. Gateway School of NY School
    1,090 feet
  14. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    1,150 feet
  15. High School of Arts and Technology School
    1,150 feet
  16. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    1,150 feet
  17. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    1,150 feet
  18. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet
  19. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  20. P.S. 452 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    400 feet
  2. Damrosch Park
    960 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Plaza
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Riverside Park South Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Library
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    880 feet
  2. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 63rd 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.