Avenue of the Americas & Center Drive

Avenue of the Americas and Center Drive meet at a five-way junction in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Simón Bolívar” is 120 feet away, and the statue “José Julián Martí” is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 57 St, is about two minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them park features, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
57 St
480 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Central Park South/6 Av · M5
Within a walk
20 places
9 public spaces, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & Center Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 57 St, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 St M
    480 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. M …
Downtown
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    510 feet
    N R W
  2. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metropolitan Faces” (2019) by Alex Katz at the 57 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park South/6 Av, 60 feet away, for the M5.

  • 65 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park South/6 Av M5
    60 feet
    M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …

Live arrivals

Avenue of the Americas carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and Center Drive.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & 6 Ave 73 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 210 Central Park South Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 1981
  • Turn calming, December 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
City Council district
4 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
18 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1926 and 1950.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Central Park South (south side).

East side of Center Drive

  • Horse-drawn cabs only 4 signs HORSE DRAWN CABS ONLY

North side of Central Park South

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Central Park South

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Taxi stand 5 signs TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101350, 106007 and 106501.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1907 and 1925.

  1. Steinway Hall Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Plaza Hotel Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. Simón Bolívar Statue by Sally Jane Farnham, 1921
    120 feet
  2. José Julián Martí Statue by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, 1965
    140 feet
  3. General José de San Martín Statue by Louis-Joseph Daumas, 1951
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 3 park features
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Lia Schorr Inst of Cosmetic (The) Trade or language school
    530 feet
  2. John Robert Powers School Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. The Business, Finance and Managemen Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    450 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    890 feet
  2. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    960 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 58 West 58th Street Public space
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    510 feet
  3. Public space at 1370 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    1,000 feet
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  1. Public space at 40 West 57th Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at Le Parker Meridien Hotel Public space
    1,040 feet
  3. Public space at Solow Public space
    1,050 feet
  4. Public space at Metropolitan Tower Public space
    1,240 feet
  5. Public space at Avenue of the Americas Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet
  6. Public space at Men's Apparel Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Alwyn Court Apartments Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    660 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas, Center Drive or Central Park South.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.