Central Park West & West 109th Street

Central Park West and West 109th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Central Park West.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
60 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Central Park West/W 108 St · M10
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    60 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.4 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 108 St, 100 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 108 St M10
    100 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 112 St 37 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025
  • 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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1900 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

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

North side of West 109th Street

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

South side of West 109th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    250 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. West 110th Street Playground
    510 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    840 feet
  2. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    860 feet
  3. Electric Ladybug Garden
    1,030 feet
  4. Morningside Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  6. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cancer Hospital Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 109th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.