Center Drive & Central Park Path

Center Drive and Central Park Path meet at a four-way crossing in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “The Indian Hunter” is 200 feet away, and the statue “Robert Burns” is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them park features.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
5 Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
10 places
8 park features, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Center Drive & Central Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Oasis” (1997) by Ann Schaumburger at the 5 Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 66 St, 0.3 miles away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    0.3 miles
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & 6 Ave 73 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  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
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. The Dairy Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Indian Hunter Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1869
    200 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Jeronimo Sunol, 1894
    290 feet
  3. Robert Burns Statue by Sir John Steell, 1880
    380 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 park features
  • 1 playground
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Literary Walk in Central Park Park feature
    350 feet
  3. Chess & Checkers House in Central Park Park feature
    470 feet
Show all 10
  1. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  2. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    870 feet
  4. Nell Singer Lilac Walk in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  5. Heckscher Playground
    990 feet
  6. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  7. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    1,090 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Center Drive or Central Park Path.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.