West End Avenue & West 85th Street

West End Avenue and West 85th 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Metropolitan Montessori School stands 290 feet away, and Calhoun School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
W 86 St/West End Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St 1
    640 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Westside Views” (1989) by Nitza Tufiño (in collaboration with Grosvenor Neighborhood House Student Muralists) at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 86 St/West End Av, 470 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/West End Av M86 SBS
    470 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 87 St & West End Ave 47 docks in all
    620 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. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,700 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 1903 and 1929.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

South side of West 85th Street

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

East side of West End Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111962 and 113372.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 216 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1907.

  1. Metropolitan Montessori School Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Broadway Fashion Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School
    350 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    840 feet
  3. Dog Run W 87 St in Riverside Park Dog run
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Three Arts Club Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Red House Listed historic place
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    1,070 feet
  3. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  4. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    360 feet
  2. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 85th 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.