East Drive & Hallett Nature Sanctuary Path

East Drive and Hallett Nature Sanctuary 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. Wollman Rink in Central Park is 30 feet away, and the statue “Tigress and Cubs” is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them park features, and 23 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
5 Av/59 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
5 Av/E 60 St · M2, M3
Within a walk
13 places
6 park features, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & Hallett Nature Sanctuary Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    640 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
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.4 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, 910 feet away, for the M2 and M3.

  • 58 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 60 St M2, M3
    910 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.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 60 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 71 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and neo-Italian Renaissance. They were built between 1847 and 1978.

  1. The Knickerbocker Club Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. The Pierre Hotel Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Martin Birdbath Bird bath by Oronzio Maldarelli, 1942
    280 feet
  2. Tigress and Cubs Statue by Auguste Nicolas Caïn, 1867
    290 feet
  3. Dancing Goat Statue by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1937
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    250 feet
Show all 9
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    370 feet
  2. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    630 feet
  3. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    760 feet
  4. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  5. Grand Army Plaza
    940 feet
  6. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Plaza Hotel and Grand Army Plaza Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Synagogue Landmark
    670 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat.

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, one of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Drive or Hallett Nature Sanctuary Path.

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