West End Avenue & West 73rd Street

West End Avenue and West 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Level Club and Masonic Hotel stands 280 feet away, and West End Collegiate Church is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    870 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. 79 St 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 72 St, 420 feet away, for the M57 and M72.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …
  2. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West End Avenue.

  • 18 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
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • 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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 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 1904 and 1936.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of West End Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109607, 109608 and 111700.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 253 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1908.

  1. Level Club and Masonic Hotel Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Ansonia Hotel Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. (former) Godmothers League Shelter for Babies Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Manhattan Day School
    730 feet
  3. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. West End Day School
    930 feet
  2. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    460 feet
  3. West 72 St Dog Run in Riverside Park Dog run
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Verdi Square
    800 feet
  2. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    830 feet
  3. Riverside Park South Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Central Savings Bank Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Chatsworth Apartments and Annex Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Community Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Rutgers Presbyterian Church Landmark
    570 feet
  3. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 73rd Street or West End Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.