West Drive & Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue at Heckscher Ballfields Path

West Drive, Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue and Heckscher Ballfields Path (south-east) meet at a four-way crossing in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Heckscher Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 57 St-7 Av, is about four 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 49 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along West Drive.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
57 St-7 Av
930 feet · 4 min on foot · N, Q, R, W
Nearest bus stop
450 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 & Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue at Heckscher Ballfields Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 57 St-7 Av, 930 feet from this corner, about four 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
    930 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
    940 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, 450 feet away, for the M5, M7 and BxM2.

  • 36 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park South/7 Av M5, M7, BxM2
    450 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 West Drive.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 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
    460 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 210 Central Park South Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    700 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.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

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 two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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.

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
    510 feet
  2. 240 Central Park South Apartments Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. Alwyn Court Apartments Designated landmark
    700 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
    620 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
    1,210 feet
  2. Manhattan Career Institute Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Heckscher Playground
    310 feet
  3. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    740 feet
  2. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hall Tower Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,210 feet
  3. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 888 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Osborne Apartments Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. American Fine Arts Society Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Carnegie Hall Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 23 Fire station · landmark
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  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
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Central Park Entrance 8th Avenue, Heckscher Ballfields Path or West Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.