Central Park West & West 87th Street

Central Park West and West 87th 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 50 feet away, and St Matthew St Timothy Church is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Central Park West/W 87 St · M10
Within a walk
19 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 87th 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 Central Park West/W 87 St, 110 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 87 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.

  • 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
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

What the city has done here

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22 and 24 (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
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1893 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 87th Street

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

South side of West 87th Street

  • 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, 246 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1897.

  1. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Trevor Day School
    530 feet
  2. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    630 feet
  3. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dwight School
    640 feet
  2. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  4. Rodeph Sholom School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    310 feet
  3. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    710 feet
  2. Toll Family Playground
    710 feet
  3. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  4. Safari Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    330 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Rodeph Sholom Congregation House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    930 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat.

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 87th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.