Central Park West & West 90th Street

Central Park West and West 90th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Trevor Day School is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Central Park West/W 90 St · M10
Within a walk
17 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St B, C
    520 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.5 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 90 St, 100 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 90 St M10
    100 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 90th Street, Central Park West and West 90th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 91 St 48 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.9 miles 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
    930 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No stopping 22 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Central Park West

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

North side of West 90th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 90th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • 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, 194 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
    480 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    290 feet
  2. Dwight School
    310 feet
  3. Trevor Day School
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    730 feet
  3. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    1,120 feet
  5. 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
    50 feet
  2. Safari Playground
    350 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sol Bloom Playground
    800 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    870 feet
  3. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 90th Street, Central Park West or West 90th 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.