Central Park West & West 69th Street

Central Park West and West 69th Street meet at a three-way junction 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, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Polonies Talmud Torah School stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Central Park West/W 69 St · M10, M72
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 park features and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 69th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    310 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. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SKY” (2018) by Yoko Ono at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 69 St, 120 feet away, for the M10 and M72.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 69 St M10, M72
    120 feet
    M10 M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …
  2. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1893 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West 69th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113703.

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, 204 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1896.

  1. Polonies Talmud Torah School Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. The Second Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Hebrew Union College / (now) Jewish Institute of Religion Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Seventh Regiment Memorial Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1870
    310 feet
  2. Giuseppe Mazzini Bust by Giovanni Turini, 1878
    500 feet
  3. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. York Prep School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Adventure Playground
    330 feet
  3. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    500 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    640 feet
  3. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    840 feet
  4. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 80 Central Park West Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 10 West 66th Street Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shearith Israel Congregation Landmark
    250 feet
  2. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · landmark
    500 feet
  3. Vedanta Society House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ansonia Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 69th 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.