Central Park West & West 63rd Street

Central Park West and West 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. YMCA West Side is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, A, B and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Central Park West/W 63 St · M10, M20
Within a walk
33 places
7 public spaces, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    800 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
    1,180 feet
    1
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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/W 63 St, 80 feet away, for the M10 and M20.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 63 St M10, M20
    80 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 63 St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.2 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
    590 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 63rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, neo-Renaissance and neo-Romanesque, and mostly built between 1905 and 1930.

  1. McBurney School Designated landmark
    300 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Dante Park.

  1. Dante Alighieri Statue by Ettore Ximenes, 1921
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    110 feet
  3. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    230 feet
Show all 6
  1. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    990 feet
  3. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Dante Park
    760 feet
  3. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    940 feet
  2. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    1,190 feet
  4. Damrosch Park
    1,220 feet
  5. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at 10 West 66th Street Public space
    870 feet
  2. Public space at The Harmony/David Rubenstein Atrium Public space
    1,110 feet
  3. Public space at Lincoln Plaza Towers Public space
    1,110 feet
  4. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. American Bible Society Research library
    1,020 feet
  3. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sofia Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    1,260 feet
  3. New York Philharmonic Research library
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    980 feet
  2. David H Koch Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,090 feet
  3. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Landmark
    590 feet
  2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,030 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 63rd 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.