Central Park West & West 91st Street

Central Park West and West 91st 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Safari Playground is 100 feet away, and P.S. 084 Lillian Weber is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and one place to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Central Park West/W 90 St · M10
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St B, C
    780 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

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, 180 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park West and West 91st Street.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 91 St 48 docks in all
    90 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    670 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 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
117 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 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
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 91st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 157 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    740 feet
  3. Walden School Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    480 feet
  3. Dwight School
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    860 feet
  2. Trevor Day School
    890 feet
  3. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    900 feet
  4. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Alexander Robertson School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Safari Playground
    100 feet
  3. Sol Bloom Playground
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    610 feet
  2. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Thomas Apartments Community center
    1,060 feet
  2. Community center at Wsur (Site B) 74 West 92nd Street Community center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 91st 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.