Central Park West & West 65th Street

Central Park West and West 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
39 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 65 St/Central Park West · M66
Within a walk
31 places
6 public spaces, 5 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    1,090 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    1 A B C D
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 65 St/Central Park West, 60 feet away, for the M66.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 65 St/Central Park West M66
    60 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 68 St 43 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 60 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015

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
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Central Park West

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 65th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of West 65th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-11PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1895 and 1979.

  1. Durland Riding Academy (Stable and Club Building) Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. McBurney School Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. First Battery Armory Designated landmark
    630 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Giuseppe Mazzini Bust by Giovanni Turini, 1878
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Landmark
    420 feet
  2. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  3. NY Restaurant School Trade or language school
    500 feet
Show all 4
  1. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    630 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    980 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,030 feet
  4. Richard Tucker Park
    1,100 feet
  5. Dante Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 10 West 66th Street Public space
    340 feet
  2. Public space at One Lincoln Plaza Public space
    880 feet
  3. Public space at Two Lincoln Square Public space
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 80 Central Park West Public space
    940 feet
  2. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Folk Art Museum
    920 feet
  2. West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. New York Philharmonic Research library
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Juilliard Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet
  2. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet
  3. Alice Tully Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Shearith Israel Congregation House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 65th Street Transverse, Central Park West or West 65th 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.