79th Street Transverse & Central Park Path

The four-way crossing of 79th Street Transverse and Central Park Path is in Central Park, Manhattan. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park is 300 feet away, and the statue “Still Hunt” is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them park features, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
77 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
E 79 St/5 Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
5 park features, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street Transverse & Central Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 79 St/5 Av, 520 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/5 Av M79 SBS
    520 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 78 St 47 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10000
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1922.

  1. The Stanhope Hotel Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground.

  1. Irving and Estelle Levy Playground Gate Ornamental gates by A. Walter Beretta, 1958
    300 feet
  2. King Wladyslaw Jagiello Statue by Stanislaw K. Ostrowski, 1945
    640 feet
  3. Still Hunt Statue by Edward Kemeys, 1883
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 museum
  • 3 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    270 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    300 feet
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  1. King Jagiello Statue in Central Park Park feature
    670 feet
  2. Cleopatras Needle Obelisk in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  3. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  4. James Michael Levin Playground
    970 feet
  5. Great Lawn in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,140 feet
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  1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    1,300 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th Street Transverse or Central Park Path.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.