97th Street Transverse & Central Park Entrance West 96th Street

The three-way junction of 97th Street Transverse and Central Park Entrance West 96th Street is in Central Park, Manhattan. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Rudin Family Playground is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them park features, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
96 St
170 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
W 96 St/Central Park West · M96, M106
Within a walk
12 places
3 park features, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Street Transverse & Central Park Entrance West 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St B, C
    170 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 86 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 96 St/Central Park West, 170 feet away, for the M96 and M106.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 96 St/Central Park West M96, M106 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M96 M106
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …
  2. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 97th Street Transverse and Central Park Entrance West 96th Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 97 St 53 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 99 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1894.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Alexander Robertson School
    440 feet
  2. Rella's Spielhaus Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Horizons at 96th St. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Rudin Family Playground
    70 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    610 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    770 feet
  3. Tarr Family Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 97th Street Transverse or Central Park Entrance West 96th Street.

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