Heckscher Ballfields Path & Central Park Path

Heckscher Ballfields Path 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. Chess & Checkers House in Central Park is 240 feet away, and Heckscher Playground is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, ten of them park features.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
5 Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
12 places
10 park features, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Heckscher Ballfields Path & Central Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    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. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    1 A B C D

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 66 St, 0.3 miles away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    0.3 miles
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & 6 Ave 73 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
    1.5 miles
  2. 60 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. The Dairy Designated landmark
    380 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Indian Hunter Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1869
    470 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Jeronimo Sunol, 1894
    540 feet
  3. Robert Burns Statue by Sir John Steell, 1880
    640 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 park features
  • 1 playground
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    60 feet
  2. Chess & Checkers House in Central Park Park feature
    240 feet
  3. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    370 feet
Show all 12
  1. Literary Walk in Central Park Park feature
    630 feet
  2. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    650 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    710 feet
  4. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    900 feet
  5. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  6. Nell Singer Lilac Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  7. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  8. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet
  9. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Central Park Path or Heckscher Ballfields Path.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.