East Drive & Grand Army Plaza

East Drive and Grand Army Plaza meet at a six-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Central Park is 10 feet away, and the bust “Thomas Moore” is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them park features, and 59 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East Drive.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
5 Av/E 60 St · M2, M3
Within a walk
20 places
4 park features, 4 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & Grand Army Plaza Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    250 feet
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Oasis” (1997) by Ann Schaumburger at the 5 Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 60 St, 250 feet away, for the M2 and M3.

  • 69 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 60 St M2, M3
    250 feet
    M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & Grand Army Plaza 85 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 9 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1926 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and neo-Italian Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1927.

  1. The Metropolitan Club Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. The Harmonie Club Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. The Pierre Hotel Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William Tecumseh Sherman Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1903
    120 feet
  2. Thomas Moore Bust by Dennis B. Sheahan, 1879
    290 feet
  3. Pulitzer Fountain Fountain by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe, 1916
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    10 feet
  2. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    120 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    290 feet
Show all 7
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    340 feet
  2. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    690 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    800 feet
  4. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Solow Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    860 feet
  3. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 58 West 58th Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Plaza Hotel and Grand Army Plaza Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and two 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance East 60th Street, East Drive or Grand Army Plaza.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.