Central Park West & West 71st Street

Central Park West and West 71st Street meet at a three-way junction 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, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and Lawn Bowling in Central Park is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 29 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 320 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
    320 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. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  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 72 St, 270 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 72 St M10
    270 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 72 St 51 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 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
    1.7 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
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1896 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109448 and 111870.

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, 179 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1896.

  1. Polonies Talmud Torah School Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    360 feet
  2. Seventh Regiment Memorial Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1870
    650 feet
  3. Daniel Webster Statue by Thomas Ball, 1876
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    1,290 feet
  2. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    320 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    870 feet
  2. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  3. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shearith Israel Congregation Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Vedanta Society House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams 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 29 places to eat and two 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 71st 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.