Central Park West & West 70th Street

Central Park West and West 70th 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Shearith Israel Congregation is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Central Park West/W 70 St · M10, M72
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    80 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
    0.4 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 70 St, 80 feet away, for the M10 and M72.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 70 St M10, M72
    80 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 72 St 51 docks in all
    380 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
    0.4 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 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 September 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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 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

North side of West 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109450 and 110281.

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, 201 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1890 and 1896.

  1. Polonies Talmud Torah School Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. The Second Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Hebrew Union College / (now) Jewish Institute of Religion Designated landmark
    750 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
    440 feet
  2. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    570 feet
  3. Giuseppe Mazzini Bust by Giovanni Turini, 1878
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. York Prep School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    600 feet
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  1. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    610 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    750 feet
  3. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    900 feet
  4. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 80 Central Park West Public space
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shearith Israel Congregation Landmark
    150 feet
  2. Vedanta Society House of worship
    500 feet
  3. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · landmark
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and three food stores.

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 70th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.