West End Avenue & West 91st Street

West End Avenue and West 91st 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is 140 feet away, and Ideal School and Academy is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Riverside Dr/W 91 St · M5
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    1,030 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bloemendaal” (2010) by Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverside Dr/W 91 St, 480 feet away, for the M5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 91st 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. Riverside Dr & W 91 St 59 docks in all
    650 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 1906 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 91st Street

  • 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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 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, 193 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1904.

  1. Rectory of the Fourth Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. (former) Rutgers Club Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Hotel Windemere Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal School and Academy School
    350 feet
  2. The West Side Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  3. Vivvi 15 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    410 feet
Show all 9
  1. Beit Rabban Day School
    750 feet
  2. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    750 feet
  3. Riverside Montessori Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  4. The Goddard School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  5. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    580 feet
  3. Joan Of Arc Park
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hippo Playground
    750 feet
  2. Serpentine Promenade in Riverside Park Park feature
    900 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Monument in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument Monument or memorial
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Pomander Walk District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Isaac L. Rice Mansion Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Symphony Space Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Landmark
    140 feet
  2. Congregation Heichal Moshe House of worship
    170 feet
  3. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun House of worship
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Advent Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Central Baptist NY Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 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 35 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 91st 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.