West End Avenue & West 66th Street

West End Avenue and West 66th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,958 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Riverside Park South is 640 feet away, and Manhattan / Hunter Science High School is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and ten places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
West End Av/W 66 St · M57
Within a walk
31 places
11 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    1 2 3

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 66 St, 60 feet away, for the M57.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 66 St M57 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 303 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 11 Level 2 chargers
    310 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 1996
  • Turn calming, August 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,958 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 49th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,945 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light 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
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 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 1962 and 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on West End Avenue (west side).

North side of West 66th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 66th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • NYP plates only 3 signs NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of West End Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110743, 111721 and 114087.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    670 feet
  2. High School of Arts and Technology School
    670 feet
  3. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    670 feet
Show all 18
  1. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    670 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Congregation Habonim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  4. Metrokids Cradle (South End) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  5. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    770 feet
  6. Woodside Pre-K Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    770 feet
  7. Woodside Preschool Riverside Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  8. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  9. Woodside Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    980 feet
  10. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    1,040 feet
  11. Star Program School
    1,140 feet
  12. La Maternelle II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  13. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,200 feet
  14. Bright Horizons at West 63rd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  15. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    640 feet
  2. Big River Playground
    730 feet
  3. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Engine Playground
    940 feet
  2. Lindas Lawn in Riverside Park South Park feature
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at West End Towers Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Library
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet
  2. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Faith Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 40/Ladder 35 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 66th Street or West End Avenue.

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