West End Avenue & West 79th Street

West End Avenue and West 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carlebach Shul is 160 feet away, and Tecumseh Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    380 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
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 79 St/Broadway, 270 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 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
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 470 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 300 West End Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 1982
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,900 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 thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of West 79th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 79th Street

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

East side of West End Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • 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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 195 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
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School Landmark
    560 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    530 feet
  3. Neufeld Playground
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. River Run Playground
    1,220 feet
  2. Tecumseh Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    160 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Landmark
    270 feet
  3. All Angels Church Landmark
    370 feet
Show all 4
  1. West End Collegiate Church Landmark · listed historic place
    510 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 79th 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.