West Drive & Central Park Exit West 72nd Street

West Drive and Central Park Exit West 72nd 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. Hernshead in Central Park is 380 feet away, and Cherry Hill Fountain in Central Park is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them park features, and three 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
72 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
W 72 St/Central Park West · M72
Within a walk
9 places
4 park features, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Central Park Exit West 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St B, C
    840 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
    0.3 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SKY” (2018) by Yoko Ono at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 72 St/Central Park West, 820 feet away, for the M72.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 72 St/Central Park West M72 · Countdown sign
    820 feet
    M72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Exit West 72nd 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 72 St 51 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 60 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eight 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, 92 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1903.

  1. The Park Royal Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    630 feet
  2. Alexander von Humboldt Bust by Gustav Bläser, 1869
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Schools and child care

  1. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Ladies Pavillion in Central Park Park feature
    360 feet
  3. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
  2. Cherry Hill Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Exit West 72nd 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.