Columbus Circle & Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue

Columbus Circle and Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The pylon “U.S.S. Maine National Monument” is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 112 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Central Park South/Columbus Circle · M5, M7
Within a walk
34 places
8 public spaces, 6 listed historic places and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Circle & Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    200 feet
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    1,300 feet
    N Q R W
  2. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park South/Columbus Circle, 180 feet away, for the M5 and M7.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park South/Columbus Circle M5, M7
    180 feet
    M5 M7

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Columbus Circle.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 58 St 79 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 10 Columbus Circle Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    890 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10000
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and French Renaissance. They were built between 1891 and 1940.

  1. 240 Central Park South Apartments Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Gainsborough Studios Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. United States Rubber Company Building Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. U.S.S. Maine National Monument Pylon by Attilio Piccirilli and Charles Keck, 1913
    120 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Statue by Gaetano Russo, 1892
    130 feet
  3. Close Contact Sculpture by Gustav Kraitz and Ulla Kraitz, 2009
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Inst Tech-Manhattan Campus College
    790 feet
  2. Manhattan Career Inst (5002) Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. ECFS School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 8
  1. Manhattan Career Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  2. Television Studio Sch-Ny 730 Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Ethical Culture Fieldston School
    1,210 feet
  5. Early Childhood Associates Preschool
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    140 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    450 feet
  2. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet
  3. Public space at Symphony House Public space
    1,030 feet
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  1. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,060 feet
  2. Public space at Beaumont Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Mews Public space
    1,140 feet
  4. Public space at 30 Lincoln Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
  5. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    1,160 feet
  6. Public space at Sheffield Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    190 feet
  3. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    320 feet
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  1. American Bible Society Research library
    980 feet
  2. American Fine Arts Society Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Media Alliance Research library
    1,160 feet
  4. Sofia Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. Alwyn Court Apartments Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  6. Osborne Apartments Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 23 Fire station · landmark
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    460 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    590 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    850 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue or Columbus Circle.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.