West End Avenue & West 78th Street

West End Avenue and West 78th 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
W 79 St/Broadway · M79 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    650 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
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 86 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 79 St/Broadway, 560 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 79 St/Broadway M79 SBS
    560 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 78th Street and West End Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 78 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 750 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1,100 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 78th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 78th Street

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

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111502.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 223 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1899.

  1. The Collegiate School, Platten Hall Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Belleclaire Hotel Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School
    850 feet
  2. Manhattan Day School
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    540 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tecumseh Playground
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    400 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Landmark
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. All Angels Church Landmark
    660 feet
  2. Christian Community Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 78th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.