Central Park West & West 105th Street

Central Park West and West 105th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. The Pool in Central Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them gardens, and 18 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Central Park West.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Central Park West/W 104 St · M10
Within a walk
9 places
3 gardens, 2 park features and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 103 St B, C
    580 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
    1,140 feet
    B C
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 104 St, 120 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 106 St & Central Park W 59 docks in all
    470 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. 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, September 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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1910 and 1930.

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
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

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

North side of West 105th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 105th 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
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  3. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    330 feet
Show all 6
  1. West 104th Street Garden
    570 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. La Perla Garden
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 105th 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.