East Drive & Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street

East Drive and Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. East Meadow in Central Park is under 10 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them park features, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
103 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
5 Av/E 102 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
15 places
9 park features, 2 museums and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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East Drive & Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 102 St, 760 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 102 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    760 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street and East Drive.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 103 St 39 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 160 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 1928.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 park features
  • 2 museums
  • 2 research libraries
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
  3. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
Show all 11
  1. Loch Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  2. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
  3. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    910 feet
  4. Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    920 feet
  5. Fort Fish in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  6. Robert Bendheim Playground
    1,000 feet
  7. Loch in Central Park Park feature
    1,180 feet
  8. Huddlestone Arch in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    1,030 feet
  2. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    1,030 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street or East Drive.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.