Central Park West & 97th Street Transverse at West 97th Street

Central Park West, 97th Street Transverse and West 97th Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 10,068 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. North Meadow in Central Park is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Central Park West/W 97 St · M10
Within a walk
13 places
3 park features, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & 97th Street Transverse at West 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St B, C
    80 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 86 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 97 St, 50 feet away, for the M10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 97 St M10
    50 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park West.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 97 St 53 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 10,068 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 59th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 5,534 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Central Park West8,5244,591
Southbound on Central Park West1,544943
Total10,0685,534

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6 and 7 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1929 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 97th Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 97th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110272.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 70 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1894.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Alexander Robertson School
    630 feet
  2. Rella's Spielhaus Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  3. La Maternelle IV Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Rudin Family Playground
    120 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Tarr Family Playground
    630 feet
  3. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    810 feet
  4. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 97th Street Transverse, Central Park West or West 97th Street.

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