Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street & East Meadow Path

Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street and East Meadow 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. Conservatory Garden in Central Park is 370 feet away, and El Museo del Barrio is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them park features, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
103 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
5 Av/E 102 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
19 places
6 park features, 3 research libraries and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street & East Meadow Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 102 St, 300 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 102 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    300 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 103 St 39 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 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
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1928 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Central Park.

  1. Vanderbilt Gates Ornamental gates, 1939
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 park features
  • 3 research libraries
  • 2 museums
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    920 feet
  3. Reece School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
  3. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    460 feet
  2. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    500 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    700 feet
  4. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  5. Loch Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    910 feet
  2. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    570 feet
  2. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    570 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    830 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street, Conservatory Garden Path or East Meadow Path.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.