West End Avenue & West 90th Street

West End Avenue and West 90th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Riverside-West End Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rectory of the Fourth Presbyterian Church stands 170 feet away, and St. Gregory's Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Riverside Dr/W 91 St · M5
Within a walk
33 places
8 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    1,150 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
    1,290 feet
    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 Riverside Dr/W 91 St, 730 feet away, for the M5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverside Dr/W 91 St M5
    730 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 90th Street and West End Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 101 West 90th Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2016

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,300 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 1905 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of West 90th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 90th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM 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

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 224 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1902.

  1. Rectory of the Fourth Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. (former) Rutgers Club Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Congregation B'nai Jeshurun Community House Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal School and Academy School
    470 feet
  2. Beit Rabban Day School
    490 feet
  3. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    490 feet
Show all 11
  1. The West Side Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Vivvi 15 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    670 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan School
    960 feet
  5. Riverside Montessori Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  6. The Goddard School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  7. Stephen Gaynor School
    1,190 feet
  8. Geneva School of Manhattan School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Hippo Playground
    810 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    850 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    900 feet
  3. St. Gregory's Playground
    1,260 feet
  4. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Soldiers & Sailors Monument Monument or memorial
    850 feet
  3. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Isaac L. Rice Mansion Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew Complex Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. Claremont Stables Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Landmark
    250 feet
  2. Congregation Heichal Moshe House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    540 feet
Show all 4
  1. Advent Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 90th 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.