Central Park West & West 95th Street

Central Park West and West 95th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. The corner is also named Catherine “Katy” Ferguson Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Alexander Robertson School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Central Park West/W 94 St · M10
Within a walk
18 places
4 playgrounds, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 95th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St B, C
    300 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 103 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 94 St, 200 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 97 St 53 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024
  • 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
101 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Catherine “Katy” Ferguson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Catherine “Katy” Ferguson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and February 2026, 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 95th Street

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

South side of West 95th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign 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 is one Individual Landmark, and 111 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 park features
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Alexander Robertson School
    140 feet
  2. Columbia Grammar & Prep School
    710 feet
  3. Dwight School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Studio School
    1,220 feet
  3. Rella's Spielhaus Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  4. Manhattan Children's Center School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    390 feet
  3. Rudin Family Playground
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    740 feet
  2. Safari Playground
    950 feet
  3. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet
  4. Tarr Family Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Ohab Zedek Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park West or West 95th 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.