West Drive & Bridle Path West

West Drive and Bridle Path West meet at a six-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park is under 10 feet away, and Hotel Olcott stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them park features, and 24 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
72 St
210 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
W 72 St/Central Park West · M72
Within a walk
22 places
9 park features, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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West Drive & Bridle Path West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St B, C
    210 feet
    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. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SKY” (2018) by Yoko Ono at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 72 St/Central Park West, 190 feet away, for the M72.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 72 St/Central Park West M72 · Countdown sign
    190 feet
    M72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Exit West 72nd Street and West Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 72 St 51 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1903 and 1931.

Trees

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 124 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1904.

  1. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Hotel Olcott Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Polonies Talmud Torah School Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    140 feet
  2. Daniel Webster Statue by Thomas Ball, 1876
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 park features
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    1,130 feet
  2. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Parkside School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
  3. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
Show all 12
  1. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    890 feet
  2. Ladies Pavillion in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  3. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    1,010 feet
  4. Adventure Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    1,120 feet
  6. Cherry Hill and Wagner Cove in Central Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  7. Mineral Springs in Central Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  8. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet
  9. Cherry Hill Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 80 Central Park West Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. West 73rd-74th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shearith Israel Congregation Landmark
    760 feet
  2. Vedanta Society House of worship
    770 feet
  3. 4th Universalist Society Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bridle Path West, Central Park Exit West 72nd Street or West 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, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.