West End Avenue & West 86th Street

West End Avenue and West 86th 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    350 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
  2. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

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, 180 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/West End Av M86 SBS
    180 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 87 St & West End Ave 47 docks in all
    340 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 6,500 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 1904 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 86th Street

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

South side of West 86th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West End Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111145.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 235 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1908.

  1. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. St. Agatha's School for Girls Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. St. Ignatius Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    230 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
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Calhoun School (The) School
    640 feet
  2. Beit Rabban Day School
    1,040 feet
  3. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

  1. The Riverside Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Three Arts Club Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Red House Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    640 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    1,120 feet
  2. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 86th 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.