Central Park West & West 75th Street

Central Park West and West 75th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. 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. Central Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Central Park West/W 75 St · M10
Within a walk
15 places
3 listed historic places, 3 park features and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 75th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    790 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
    940 feet
    B C
  2. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.5 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 75 St, 180 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 75 St M10
    180 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 76 St 39 docks in all
    370 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
    1.6 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
    1.9 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 (Central)
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1891 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

West side of Central Park West

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 75th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 75th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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, 178 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

  1. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Alexander von Humboldt Bust by Gustav Bläser, 1869
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 museums
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    730 feet
  3. Parkside School
    1,040 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
    480 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    450 feet
  2. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. American Museum of Natural History Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. West Side Institutional Synagogue House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 75th 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.