West End Avenue & West 71st Street

West End Avenue and West 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Septuagesimo UNO is 260 feet away, and West End Day School is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
West End Av/W 72 St · M57, M72
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    1,110 feet
    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
    0.5 miles
    1
  2. 79 St 1
    0.5 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 72 St, 160 feet away, for the M57 and M72.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 72 St M57, M72 · Shelter
    160 feet
    M57 M72
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …
  2. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 72 St 41 docks in all
    760 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
    920 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 71st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114499.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 194 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1901.

  1. (former) Godmothers League Shelter for Babies Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Level Club and Masonic Hotel Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. West End Day School
    360 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Day School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    260 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    760 feet
  2. Riverside Park South Park
    860 feet
  3. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,060 feet
  4. Sherman Square
    1,070 feet
  5. Verdi Square
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Dorilton Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Rutgers Presbyterian Church Landmark
    1,090 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 71st 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.