West Drive & Terrace Drive

West Drive and Terrace Drive meet at a three-way junction in Central Park, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sheep Meadow in Central Park is under 10 feet away, and the statue “Daniel Webster” is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them park features, and one place to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
W 72 St/Central Park West · M72
Within a walk
15 places
11 park features, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Terrace Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 72 St B, C
    880 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
    0.5 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, 860 feet away, for the M72.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Terrace Drive and West Drive.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 72 St 51 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 60 West 66th Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10000
City Council district
6
Police precinct
22
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Central Park
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1929 and 1931.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1929.

  1. Polonies Talmud Torah School Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Daniel Webster Statue by Thomas Ball, 1876
    160 feet
  2. The Falconer Statue by George Blackall Simonds, 1875
    320 feet
  3. Imagine Mosaic, 1985
    420 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 park features
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Central Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    surrounds this corner
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
  3. Sheep Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    under 10 feet
Show all 13
  1. Lawn Bowling in Central Park Park feature
    430 feet
  2. Cherry Hill and Wagner Cove in Central Park Park feature
    500 feet
  3. Mineral Springs in Central Park Park feature
    610 feet
  4. Cherry Hill Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    640 feet
  5. Tarr-Coyne Tots Playground
    920 feet
  6. Runners Grove in Central Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  7. Bow Bridge in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  8. Nell Singer Lilac Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  9. Bethesda Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet
  10. Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dakota Apartments Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shearith Israel Congregation Landmark
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Terrace Drive or West Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.