West End Avenue & West 64th Street

West End Avenue and West 64th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is 740 feet away, and Damrosch Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 64th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.4 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, 50 feet away, for the M57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    840 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
47 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 64th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 64th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West End Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114147.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  3. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    240 feet
Show all 20
  1. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  4. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  5. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    740 feet
  6. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  7. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    900 feet
  8. High School of Arts and Technology School
    900 feet
  9. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    900 feet
  10. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    900 feet
  11. Amsterdam Child care
    900 feet
  12. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  13. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    990 feet
  14. West End Secondary School
    1,030 feet
  15. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    1,050 feet
  16. Collegiate School
    1,060 feet
  17. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    400 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    880 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Damrosch Park
    1,210 feet
  2. Big River Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Library
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet
  2. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,160 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 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 11 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 64th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.