Central Park West & West 73rd Street

Central Park West and West 73rd 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Park Royal stands 460 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 29 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 260 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
    260 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
    0.3 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, 140 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 4 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
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1892 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 73rd 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 MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 73rd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109073 and 111639.

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, 184 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1904.

  1. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. Arts Studio Building Designated landmark
    820 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    730 feet
  2. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Parkside School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. Ladies Pavillion in Central Park Park feature
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  2. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  3. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. New-York Historical Society Museum
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    740 feet
  2. Shearith Israel Congregation House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Vedanta Society House of worship
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.5 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 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 73rd 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.