East Drive & East Meadow Path

East Drive and East Meadow Path (south-west) 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, and Reservoir in Central Park is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East Drive.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
5 Av/E 98 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +3
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 2 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & East Meadow Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    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. 96 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 98 St, 760 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and three more.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 98 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +3
    760 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106 BxM2 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …
  6. BxM2 …
  7. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 97 St & Madison Ave 41 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Statue by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1894
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Manhattan Country School
    1,170 feet
  3. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Bernard's School
    1,180 feet
  2. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    1,250 feet

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. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    750 feet
  2. Robert Bendheim Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Central Park North Meadow Recreation Center
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

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

See every intersection along East Drive or East Meadow Path.

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