Central Park West & West 104th Street

Central Park West and West 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New-York Cancer Hospital stands 410 feet away, and Tarr Family Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them gardens, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Central Park West/W 104 St · M10
Within a walk
11 places
3 gardens, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    320 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. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 104 St, 110 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 104 St M10
    110 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 103 St 40 docks in all
    490 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
    1 mile
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1902 and 1930.

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
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 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
    110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    60 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. La Perla Garden
    860 feet
  4. Tarr Family Playground
    1,190 feet
  5. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 104th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.