Central Park West & West 88th Street

Central Park West and West 88th 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, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Walden School / 279 Central Park West stands 100 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 six places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Central Park West/W 88 St · M10
Within a walk
20 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 70 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
    70 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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 88 St, 40 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 88 St M10
    40 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
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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); the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1894 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

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 88th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 88th Street

  • No parking 5 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, 235 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1896.

  1. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 2 park features
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Trevor Day School
    270 feet
  2. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    370 feet
  3. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dwight School
    370 feet
  2. Bard Grad Ctr for Decorative Arts College
    1,180 feet
  3. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    1,260 feet
  5. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet
  6. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  3. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Safari Playground
    890 feet
  2. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    930 feet
  3. Toll Family Playground
    970 feet
  4. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  5. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    860 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's 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 six places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 88th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.