West Drive & Center Drive

West Drive and Center Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Cop Cot in Central Park is 670 feet away, and Carnegie Hall is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 57 St-7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 52 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
57 St-7 Av
850 feet · 3 min on foot · N, Q, R, W
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Central Park South/7 Av · M5, M7, BxM2
Within a walk
20 places
4 listed historic places, 3 park features and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Center Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 57 St-7 Av, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    850 feet
    N Q R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. N …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
  4. W …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. N …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
  4. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    1,010 feet
    1 A B C D
  2. 57 St M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Carnegie Hall Montage” (1994) by Josh Scharf at the 57 St-7 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park South/7 Av, 370 feet away, for the M5, M7 and BxM2.

  • 38 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park South/7 Av M5, M7, BxM2
    370 feet
    M5 M7 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. BxM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Center Drive, Central Park and West Drive.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & Central Park South 81 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 210 Central Park South Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    620 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1928 and 1963.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of West Drive

  • Horse-drawn cabs only 2 signs HORSE DRAWN CABS ONLY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Renaissance. They were built between 1883 and 1940.

  1. Gainsborough Studios Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Alwyn Court Apartments Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. 240 Central Park South Apartments Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. U.S.S. Maine National Monument Pylon by Attilio Piccirilli and Charles Keck, 1913
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 6 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Career Inst (5002) Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  2. Manhattan Career Institute Trade or language school
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Heckscher Playground
    380 feet
  3. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    710 feet
  2. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hall Tower Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at 888 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,220 feet
  3. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Osborne Apartments Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. American Fine Arts Society Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Carnegie Hall Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 23 Fire station · landmark
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Center Drive, Central Park or West Drive.

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