West End Avenue & West 70th Street

West End Avenue and West 70th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,209 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus is 430 feet away, and Lincoln Square Synagogue is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
West End Av/W 70 St · M57, M72
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Laced Canopy” (2002) by Robert Hickman at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 70 St, 120 feet away, for the M57 and M72.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 70 St M57, M72 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M57 M72
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …
  2. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 70 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 11 Riverside Drive Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,190 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2006
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2013
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,209 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 276th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,092 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
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,800 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 1925 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least one new affordable home has been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 70th Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 70th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 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 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110743 and 110744.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 166 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1901.

  1. (former) Godmothers League Shelter for Babies Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    430 feet
  2. West End Day School
    630 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dwight Preschool Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    370 feet
  2. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    490 feet
  3. Riverside Park South Park
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sherman Square
    940 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    860 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Level Club Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Dorilton Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West End Synagogue House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Christian Community Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    140 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 70th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.