Center Drive & The Mall

Center Drive and The Mall 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 “Christopher Columbus” is 140 feet away, and the statue “Sir Walter Scott” is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them park features. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Center Drive.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
1,260 feet
5 Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
10 places
8 park features, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Center Drive & The Mall 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  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 …

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, 1,260 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    1,260 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Center Drive.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 66 St & Madison Ave 37 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2.3 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10000
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1847 and 1851.

  1. The Dairy Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William Shakespeare Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1872
    130 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Jeronimo Sunol, 1894
    140 feet
  3. Sir Walter Scott Statue by Sir John Steell, 1872
    230 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Literary Walk in Central Park Park feature
    290 feet
  3. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    440 feet
Show all 10
  1. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    480 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    480 feet
  3. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    510 feet
  4. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    620 feet
  5. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    670 feet
  6. Chess & Checkers House in Central Park Park feature
    760 feet
  7. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and homes within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Center Drive or The Mall.

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