West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 90th Street

West Drive and Central Park Entrance West 90th 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. Reservoir in Central Park is 390 feet away, and Sol Bloom Playground is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and one place 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
86 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Central Park West/W 90 St · M10
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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West Drive & Central Park Entrance West 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St B, C
    730 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. 96 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.5 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 90 St, 180 feet away, for the M10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 90 St M10
    180 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 90th Street and West Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 91 St 48 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.3 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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
Elevation
117 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 2,000 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 1895 and 1931.

Trees

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 134 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Walden School / 279 Central Park West Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. Walden School Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Central Park Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Dwight School
    520 feet
  3. Trevor Day School
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Anglo-American Intntl School Landmark
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 084 Lillian Weber School
    940 feet
  3. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Safari Playground
    160 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sol Bloom Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Society for the Advancement of Judaism House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 90th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.