Central Park West & West 100th Street

Central Park West and West 100th Street meet at a seven-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 100 feet away, and Rudin Family Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them park features, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Central Park West/W 100 St · M10
Within a walk
13 places
4 park features, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 96 St B, C
    800 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
    880 feet
    B C
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 100 St, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 100 St M10 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Exit West 100th Street and Central Park West.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Manhattan Ave 39 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2007
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2019
  • Turn calming, October 2025

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
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1926 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and April 2026, 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 100th Street

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

South side of West 100th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    100 feet
  3. Tarr Family Playground
    150 feet
Show all 8
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Rudin Family Playground
    900 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Loch Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  5. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Exit West 100th Street, Central Park Pool Path, Central Park West or West 100th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.