Central Park West & West 61st Street

Central Park West and West 61st Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. The pylon “U.S.S. Maine National Monument” is 380 feet away, and Lincoln Center Plaza is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, three of them parks, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Central Park West/Columbus Circle · M10, M20
Within a walk
30 places
8 public spaces, 3 parks and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    280 feet
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/Columbus Circle, 260 feet away, for the M10 and M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/Columbus Circle M10, M20
    260 feet
    M10 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 61 St 52 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 30 West 63rd Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    730 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West 61st Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of West 61st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and neo-Romanesque. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1931.

  1. McBurney School Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. 240 Central Park South Apartments Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Sofia Brothers Warehouse Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. U.S.S. Maine National Monument Pylon by Attilio Piccirilli and Charles Keck, 1913
    380 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Statue by Gaetano Russo, 1892
    500 feet
  3. Close Contact Sculpture by Gustav Kraitz and Ulla Kraitz, 2009
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    470 feet
  2. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    640 feet
  2. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    750 feet
  3. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    380 feet
  3. Dante Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    730 feet
  3. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    800 feet
  2. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    1,000 feet
  4. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,170 feet
  5. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,180 feet
  6. Public space at Fordham University Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. American Bible Society Research library
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    730 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    460 feet
  2. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 23 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    510 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 61st 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.