West End Avenue & West 76th Street

West End Avenue and West 76th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the West End - Collegiate Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall stands 450 feet away, and the Division 3/Ladder 25 firehouse is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Broadway/W 76 St · M104
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    1,170 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 76 St, 500 feet away, for the M104.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 76 St M104 · Shelter
    500 feet
    M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 78 St & Broadway 39 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, 1,280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    570 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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 (Central)
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 76th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 76th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the West End - Collegiate Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 220 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1897.

  1. Belleclaire Hotel Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. Level Club and Masonic Hotel Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Robert Ray Hamilton Fountain Fountain, 1906
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Day School
    580 feet
  2. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    620 feet
  2. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tecumseh Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Christian Community Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Carlebach Shul House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. First Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. All Angels Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.