Central Park West & West 86th Street

Central Park West and West 86th 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, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 315 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Society for the Advancement of Judaism is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C.

Safety record
23 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
10 feet
W 86 St/Central Park West · M86 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
4 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 80 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
    80 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 86 St 1
    0.4 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 W 86 St/Central Park West, 10 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/Central Park West M86 SBS
    10 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

West 86th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

  • 7 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
    280 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. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two 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 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2005

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 315 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 148th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 23 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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 and 24 (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
110 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,100 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 1892 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No stopping 13 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 86th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 86th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 224 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1906.

  1. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    640 feet
  2. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    740 feet
  3. Trevor Day School
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rodeph Sholom School Landmark
    860 feet
  2. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    910 feet
  3. Dwight School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    390 feet
Show all 9
  1. Toll Family Playground
    430 feet
  2. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    840 feet
  3. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    990 feet
  4. Arthur Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  5. Ross Pinetum Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Diana Ross Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Museum of Natural History Museum
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    270 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church Landmark
    790 feet
  3. Rodeph Sholom Congregation House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 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 22 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 86th Street Transverse, Central Park West or West 86th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.