Central Park West & Central Park Great Hill at West 106th Street

Central Park West, Central Park Great Hill and West 106th Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New-York Cancer Hospital stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them gardens, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
850 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Central Park West/W 106 St · M10
Within a walk
11 places
4 gardens, 2 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & Central Park Great Hill at West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    850 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
    860 feet
    B C
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (1999) by Christopher Wynter at the Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 106 St, 60 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 106 St M10
    60 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 106th Street, Central Park West and West 106th Street.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 106 St & Central Park W 59 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 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 1900 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No stopping 20 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 45 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
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    60 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
Show all 8
  1. West 104th Street Garden
    850 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  4. La Perla Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. La Perla Garden
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 Entrance West 106th Street, Central Park Great Hill, Central Park West or West 106th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.