Central Park West & West 76th Street

Central Park West and West 76th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Central Park West - 76th Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 110 feet to the 4th Universalist Society Church. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
670 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Central Park West/W 75 St · M10
Within a walk
18 places
4 listed historic places, 3 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    670 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. 72 St B, C
    1,050 feet
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “For Want of a Nail” (2000) by MTA Arts & Design Collaborative at the 81 St-Museum of Natural History station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 75 St, 110 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 2 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
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.7 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
    1,290 feet
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1890 and 1908.

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
  • 23 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 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 76th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 76th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Park West - 76th Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 162 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Park Plaza Designated landmark
    750 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
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    990 feet
  3. Gan Aliya School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Parkside School
    1,310 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
    610 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    180 feet
  2. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. American Museum of Natural History Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    110 feet
  2. West Side Institutional Synagogue House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 76th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 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 76th 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.