West Drive & Heckscher Ballfields Path

West Drive and Heckscher Ballfields Path (south-west) 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 Society for Ethical Culture School stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 40 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
59 St-Columbus Circle
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Central Park West/Columbus Circle · M10, M20
Within a walk
14 places
3 listed historic places, 2 park features and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Heckscher Ballfields Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    580 feet
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N Q R W
  2. 57 St M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/Columbus Circle, 640 feet away, for the M10 and M20.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/Columbus Circle M10, M20
    640 feet
    M10 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on West Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & Central Park South 81 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 210 Central Park South Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Three 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 are two Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Romanesque. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1931.

  1. The Society for Ethical Culture School Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. Y.M.C.A. (Young Men's Christian Association) Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. McBurney School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. U.S.S. Maine National Monument Pylon by Attilio Piccirilli and Charles Keck, 1913
    480 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Statue by Gaetano Russo, 1892
    700 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 5 other places

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Maine Monument in Central Park Park feature
    510 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump International Hotel and Tower Public space
    1,080 feet
  2. Columbus Circle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Columbus Monument Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Museum of Arts and Design Museum
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. 240 Central Park South Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Rose Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA West Side Recreation center
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and eight 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Heckscher Ballfields Path or West Drive.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.