East Drive & 86th Street Transverse

East Drive and 86th Street Transverse meet at a five-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexander Hamilton Statue in Central Park is 520 feet away, and Great Lawn in Central Park is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them park features, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
5 Av/E 84 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
12 places
4 park features, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & 86th Street Transverse Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 84 St, 650 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 84 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    650 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 87 St 39 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10000
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 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 1925 and 1958.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Assorted styles. They were built between 1870 and 1990.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Ancient Playground, Central Park.

  1. William Church Osborn Gates Ornamental gates by Paul Manship, 1953
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Marymount School of NY School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Ancient Playground
    350 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Statue in Central Park Park feature
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. Great Lawn in Central Park Park feature
    750 feet
  2. Cleopatras Needle Obelisk in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  3. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Central Park Precinct Police station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 86th Street Transverse, Bridle Path or East Drive.

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