Central Park South & Grand Army Plaza

Central Park South and Grand Army Plaza meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “William Tecumseh Sherman” is 180 feet away, and Central Park Zoo is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them park features, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
5 Av/W 59 St · SIM23, SIM24
Within a walk
22 places
8 public spaces, 4 park features and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park South & Grand Army Plaza Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    310 feet
    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
    1,290 feet
    M
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R 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/W 59 St, 220 feet away, for the SIM23 and SIM24.

  • 69 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 59 St SIM23, SIM24
    220 feet
    SIM23 SIM24

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM23 …
  2. SIM24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & Grand Army Plaza 85 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 9 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 1991

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
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
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Central Park South

  • 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

West side of Grand Army Plaza

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, neo-Federal and neo-Italian Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1928.

  1. Plaza Hotel Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Bergdorf Goodman Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. The Harmonie Club Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William Tecumseh Sherman Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1903
    180 feet
  2. Pulitzer Fountain Fountain by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe, 1916
    190 feet
  3. Thomas Moore Bust by Dennis B. Sheahan, 1879
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 4 park features
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    40 feet
  3. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    180 feet
Show all 7
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,050 feet
  4. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Solow Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    610 feet
  3. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 58 West 58th Street Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    1,070 feet
  3. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    1,170 feet
  4. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet
  5. Public space at 590 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Coty Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park South or Grand Army Plaza.

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