Central Park West & West 93rd Street

Central Park West and West 93rd 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Central Park West/W 94 St · M10
Within a walk
14 places
4 playgrounds, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 93rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St B, C
    820 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. 86 St B, C
    1,310 feet
    B C
  2. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 94 St, 170 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 94 St M10
    170 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park West.

  • 5 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
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    150 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
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
113 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 93rd Street

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 93rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 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, 136 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1894.

  1. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    340 feet
  2. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Alexander Robertson School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    800 feet
  2. Morningside PlayCare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Dwight School
    1,090 feet
  4. Dwight School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    90 feet
  3. Safari Playground
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sol Bloom Playground
    830 feet
  2. Rudin Family Playground
    970 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 93rd 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.