East Drive & Central Park Path

East Drive and Central Park Path meet at a three-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “King Wladyslaw Jagiello” is 290 feet away, and King Jagiello Statue in Central Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 14 of them park features. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East Drive.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
E 79 St Transverse/Central Park · M79 SBS
Within a walk
22 places
14 park features, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & Central Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “For Want of a Nail” (2000) by MTA Arts & Design Collaborative at the 81 St-Museum of Natural History station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 79 St Transverse/Central Park, 690 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St Transverse/Central Park M79 SBS
    690 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 78 St 47 docks in all
    1,230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Belvedere Castle Designated landmark
    820 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. King Wladyslaw Jagiello Statue by Stanislaw K. Ostrowski, 1945
    290 feet
  2. Still Hunt Statue by Edward Kemeys, 1883
    500 feet
  3. Irving and Estelle Levy Playground Gate Ornamental gates by A. Walter Beretta, 1958
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 14 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. King Jagiello Statue in Central Park Park feature
    300 feet
  3. Cleopatras Needle Obelisk in Central Park Park feature
    630 feet
Show all 16
  1. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    750 feet
  2. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    770 feet
  3. Great Lawn in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  4. Belvedere Castle in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  5. Ramble in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  6. Belvedere Lake in Central Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  7. Shakespeare Gardens in Central Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  8. Delacorte Theater in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  9. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  10. Alexander Hamilton Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet
  11. Loeb Boathouse in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet
  12. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet
  13. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,100 feet
  2. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    1,240 feet
  3. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and homes within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The seven nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Path or East Drive.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.