Central Park West & West 89th Street

Central Park West and West 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dwight School is 110 feet away, and Ross Pinetum in Central Park is 840 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 four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Central Park West/W 88 St · M10
Within a walk
20 places
6 playgrounds, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St 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. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History 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, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 88 St M10
    140 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 91 St 48 docks in all
    610 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1931.

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
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 89th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 89th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 226 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dwight School
    110 feet
  2. Trevor Day School
    360 feet
  3. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    370 feet
Show all 7
  1. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    1,000 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Safari Playground
    620 feet
  3. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    840 feet
Show all 10
  1. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    860 feet
  2. Sol Bloom Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    1,140 feet
  5. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    1,190 feet
  6. Toll Family Playground
    1,230 feet
  7. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism Landmark
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 89th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.