Central Park

New York, NY

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Central Park - New York, NY Area Guide

Welcome to one of the nation’s most iconic city parks

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Nestled in central Manhattan, Central Park is New York City’s lush, urban oasis surrounded by world-class museums, shops, restaurants, and rentals. Spanning 843 acres, Central Park is two and a half miles long and half a mile wide, filled with walking paths, green meadows, sparkling bodies of water, scenic woodlands, and so much more.

Central Park is home to an array of popular attractions for residents and visitors alike, including the Shakespeare Garden, Strawberry Fields, the Central Park Zoo, the Great Lawn, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the American Museum of Natural History. New York’s Central Park offers easy access to the subway, which runs along the park’s western edge nearing the Hudson River. Central Park is situated directly between Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Upper West Side, making it the ideal central location between these two iconic neighborhoods.

Getting Around

Exceptionally Walkable

Walkability

100 / 100

Exceptional Public Transit

Transit

100 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

70 / 100

Exceptionally Bikeable

Bikeability

90 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Exceptional Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

100 / 100

Exceptional Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

100 / 100

Exceptional Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

100 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

100 / 100

Exceptional Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

90 / 100

Local Vibe

Exceptionally Vibrant Atmosphere

Vibrancy

90 / 100

Exceptional Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

100 / 100

Fairly Noisy

Quiet Score

70 / 100

Points of Interest

Top Apartments in Central Park

Houses for Rent in Central Park

Property Management Companies

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.