Central Park West & West 82nd Street

Central Park West and West 82nd 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, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 70 feet away, and Diana Ross Playground is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
260 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Central Park West/W 81 St · M10
Within a walk
14 places
3 park features, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 81 St-Museum of Natural History 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. 86 St B, C
    1,060 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 81 St, 200 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 81 St M10
    200 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
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 82 St & Central Park W 45 docks in all
    40 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,160 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
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
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2026, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 146 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 museum
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    720 feet
  2. Rodeph Sholom School Landmark
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Diana Ross Playground
    110 feet
  3. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    360 feet
  2. Toll Family Playground
    640 feet
  3. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  4. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rodeph Sholom Congregation Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church Landmark
    720 feet
  3. Society for the Advancement of Judaism House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 20th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 82nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.