West End Avenue & West 65th Street

West End Avenue and West 65th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice is 630 feet away, and High School of Arts and Technology is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 12 of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
W 65 St/West End Av · M66
Within a walk
35 places
12 day care or pre-K sites, 9 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 65th 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 seven 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 W 65 St/West End Av, 170 feet away, for the M66.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 65 St/West End Av M66 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M66
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 64 St & Thelonious Monk Circle 43 docks in all
    590 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
    570 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2019

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,400 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 1963 and 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 65th Street

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

South side of West 65th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of West End Avenue

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

West side of West End Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111721 and 114087.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    500 feet
Show all 21
  1. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  2. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    630 feet
  3. High School of Arts and Technology School
    630 feet
  4. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    630 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    630 feet
  6. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  7. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    770 feet
  8. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  9. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  10. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
  11. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  12. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  13. Amsterdam Child care
    1,160 feet
  14. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  15. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet
  16. Abraham Joshua Heschel School
    1,260 feet
  17. West End Secondary School
    1,290 feet
  18. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    660 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    910 feet
  3. Big River Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Engine Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,240 feet
  3. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Library
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,080 feet
  2. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet
  3. Peter J Sharp Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Faith Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 40/Ladder 35 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 65th 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.