Central Park West & West 85th Street

Central Park West and West 85th Street meet at a five-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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Central Park West/W 86 St · M10
Within a walk
20 places
4 park features, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St B, C
    270 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
    1,050 feet
    B C
  2. 86 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Parkside Portals” (2018) by Joyce Kozloff at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 86 St, 200 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 86 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 Entrance West 85th Street and Central Park West.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 85 St 38 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.1 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
110 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 85th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 85th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 227 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    460 feet
  2. Rodeph Sholom School Landmark
    580 feet
  3. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Trevor Day School
    1,100 feet
  3. Anglo-American Intntl School
    1,190 feet
  4. Dwight School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  3. Toll Family Playground
    150 feet
Show all 9
  1. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    360 feet
  2. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  3. Diana Ross Playground
    910 feet
  4. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  5. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    1,270 feet
  6. Great Lawn in Central Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church Landmark
    510 feet
  3. Rodeph Sholom Congregation Landmark
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 85th Street, Central Park West or West 85th 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.