West End Avenue & West 97th Street

West End Avenue and West 97th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner is also named Cooper Stock Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Paris; Paris Apartments stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
W 97 St/West End Av · M96, M106
Within a walk
22 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West End Avenue & West 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    880 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. 103 St 1
    0.4 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 W 97 St/West End Av, 100 feet away, for the M96 and M106.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 97 St/West End Av M96, M106
    100 feet
    M96 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …
  2. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West End Ave & W 94 St 31 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 770 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 303 West 96th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    590 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2005
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cooper Stock Way, a co-naming enacted on February 5, 2015 (Local Law 15 of 2015).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 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 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cooper Stock Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 97th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 97th Street

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

East side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West End Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 113 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1900 and 1921.

  1. Hotel Paris; Paris Apartments Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Hotel Marcy Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. Cliff Dwelling; (or) Cliff Dweller Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson School · landmark
    590 feet
  2. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    1,030 feet
  2. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    1,130 feet
  4. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,130 feet
  5. Vivvi 15 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  6. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Dinosaur Playground
    660 feet
  3. Joan of Arc Island in Joan Of Arc Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joan Of Arc Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Happy Warrior Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomander Walk District Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. St. Michael's Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Symphony Space Theatre Theater or concert hall
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Ansche Chesed Synagogue House of worship
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West 97th 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.