West End Avenue & West 87th Street

West End Avenue and West 87th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Ignatius Protestant Episcopal Church stands 130 feet away, and St. Agatha's School for Girls stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
W 87 St/West End Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    370 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 79 St 1
    0.5 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 87 St/West End Av, 50 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 87 St/West End Av M86 SBS
    50 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.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 87 St & West End Ave 47 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.5 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 seven 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 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 1909 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 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
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 87th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 87th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 231 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1911.

  1. St. Ignatius Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Agatha's School for Girls Designated landmark
    140 feet
  3. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beit Rabban Day School
    750 feet
  2. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    750 feet
  3. Calhoun School (The) School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan School
    1,070 feet
  2. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Ideal School and Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

  1. The Riverside Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Isaac L. Rice Mansion Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Three Arts Club Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Red House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    920 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Congregation Heichal Moshe House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 87th 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.