West 86 Street runs west across the Upper West Side as a four-lane undivided road. There are traffic lights with oversized street name signs at Columbus Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, and Broadway. There is also a traffic light at West End Avenue.

Photos taken April 2012.

West 86 Street ends here at Riverside Drive. The Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A) is straight ahead, but there is no access here. For an entrance to the parkway, turn left and travel south for seven blocks to West 79 Street.

Photo taken April 2012.