West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 106th Street

West Drive and Central Park Entrance West 106th Street meet at a three-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Pool in Central Park is 510 feet away, and Loch Ravine in Central Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them park features, and five places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
850 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Central Park West/W 106 St · M10
Within a walk
8 places
3 park features, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    850 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. 103 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (1999) by Christopher Wynter at the Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 106 St, 490 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 106 St M10
    490 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 106th Street and West Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 106 St & Central Park W 59 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Thirteen 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 is one Individual Landmark, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1887.

  1. New-York Cancer Hospital Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    670 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    510 feet
  3. West 110th Street Playground
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Blockhouse in Central Park Park feature
    770 feet
  2. Loch Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 106th Street 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.