West End Avenue & West 81st Street

West End Avenue and West 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Calhoun School is 120 feet away, and Children's Museum of Manhattan is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Broadway/W 82 St · M104
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St 1
    880 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 82 St, 590 feet away, for the M104.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 82 St M104 · Shelter
    590 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverside Dr & W 82 St 75 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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 December 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1901 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 81st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 81st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of West End Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of West End Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109210 and 113832.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I.

Within 820 feet, 151 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1903.

  1. The Selkirk Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Grammar School No. 9 Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School Landmark
    120 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    410 feet
  3. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. River Run Playground
    670 feet
  3. South Lawn in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. St. Agnes Library
    970 feet
  3. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Angels Church Landmark
    280 feet
  2. Carlebach Shul Landmark
    480 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Landmark
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  5. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 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 81st 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.