West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 85th Street

West Drive and Central Park Entrance West 85th 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. Ross Pinetum in Central Park is under 10 feet away, and Ross Pinetum Playground is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 11 of them park features. 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
86 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Central Park West/W 86 St · M10
Within a walk
18 places
11 park features, 4 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St B, C
    1,070 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
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Parkside Portals” (2018) by Joyce Kozloff at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 86 St, 1,000 feet away, for the M10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 86 St M10
    1,000 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 85th Street and West Drive.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 85 St 38 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1926 and 1929.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 40 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1892.

  1. Rodeph Sholom Synagogue & Community House Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Tempest (Prospero and Miranda) Sculpture by Milton Hebald, 1973
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 park features
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Rodeph Sholom K.J. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
  3. Summit Rock in Central Park Park feature
    240 feet
Show all 16
  1. Great Lawn in Central Park Park feature
    480 feet
  2. Toll Family Playground
    520 feet
  3. Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground
    700 feet
  4. Ross Pinetum Playground
    720 feet
  5. Diana Ross Playground
    750 feet
  6. Romeo and Juliet Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  7. Tempest Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    790 feet
  8. Arthur Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    910 feet
  9. Delacorte Theater in Central Park Park feature
    950 feet
  10. Belvedere Lake in Central Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
  11. Shakespeare Gardens in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  12. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  13. Belvedere Castle in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. St Matthew St Timothy Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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, one of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 85th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.