Central Park West & Central Park Great Hill at West 103rd Street

Central Park West, Central Park Great Hill and West 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West 104th Street Garden is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them gardens, and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Central Park West.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Central Park West/W 102 St · M10
Within a walk
10 places
3 gardens, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & Central Park Great Hill at West 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 103 St B, C
    90 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. 96 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 102 St, 150 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 102 St M10
    150 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 103 St 40 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 103rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 103rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1890.

  1. New-York Cancer Hospital Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 park features
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    220 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  2. Tarr Family Playground
    940 feet
  3. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  4. La Perla Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. La Perla Garden
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Great Hill, Central Park West or West 103rd Street.

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