Central Park West & West 74th Street

Central Park West and West 74th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Central Park West/W 74 St · M10
Within a walk
16 places
4 park features, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    520 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
    1,200 feet
    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 74 St, 60 feet away, for the M10.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 74 St M10
    60 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 76 St 39 docks in all
    640 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. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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 (Central); 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 3,500 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 1891 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 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 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 74th Street

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

South side of West 74th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114016.

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, 181 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1900.

  1. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Arts Studio Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 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
    460 feet
  2. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Parkside School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  3. Ladies Pavillion in Central Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
  2. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    480 feet
  2. Shearith Israel Congregation House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Vedanta Society House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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 74th 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.