Central Park

===Public transport===
[[File:5 Av Subway Station entrance.jpg|thumb|upright=1|alt=Subway entrance just outside Central Park|Entrance to the [[Fifth Avenue–59th Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Fifth Avenue–59th Street]] subway station just outside Central Park]]
The New York City Subway's [[IND&nbsp;Eighth Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Eighth center}}) runs along the western edge of the park. Most of the Eighth Avenue Line stations on Central Park West serve only the local {{NYCS trains|Eighth center local day|time=nolink}}, while the [[59th&nbsp;Street–Columbus Circle station]] is additionally served by the express {{NYCS trains|Eighth center express|time=nolink}} and the [[IRT&nbsp;Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh local day}}). The [[IRT&nbsp;Lenox Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Lenox south}}) has a station at [[Central Park North–110th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)|Central Park North]]. From there the line curves southwest under the park and heads west under 104th&nbsp;Street. On the southeastern corner of the park, the [[BMT&nbsp;Broadway Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Broadway&nbsp;60th}}) has a station at [[Fifth Avenue–59th Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Fifth Avenue and 59th&nbsp;Street]].<ref name="submap"/> The [[63rd&nbsp;Street lines]] ({{NYCS trains|63rd&nbsp;Lexington header}}) pass underneath without stopping,<ref name="submap">{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> and the line contains a single ventilation shaft within the park, west of Fifth Avenue and 63rd&nbsp;Street.{{sfn|Kinkead|1990|pp=225–226}}

Various bus routes pass through Central Park or stop along its boundaries. The [[M10 and M20 buses|M10]]&nbsp;bus stops along Central Park West, while the [[M5 (New York City bus)|M5]]&nbsp;and part of the [[M7 (New York City bus)|M7]]&nbsp;runs along Central Park South, and the {{NYC bus link|M2|M3|M4|prose=y}} run along Central Park North. The [[M1 (New York City bus)|M1]], M2, M3, and M4&nbsp;run southbound along Fifth Avenue with corresponding northbound bus service on Madison Avenue. The {{NYC bus link|M66|M72|M79 SBS}} ([[Select Bus Service]]), {{NYC bus link|M86 SBS|M96|M106|prose=y}} buses use the transverse roads across Central Park. The {{NYC bus link|M12|M20|M104|prose=y}} only serve Columbus Circle on the south end of the park, and the {{NYC bus link|M31|M57|prose=y}} run on [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th&nbsp;Street]] two blocks from the park's south end but do not stop on the boundaries of the park.<ref name="manbus">{{cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref>

Some of the buses running on the edge of Central Park replaced former [[Tram|streetcar]] routes that [[List of streetcar lines in Manhattan|formerly traveled across Manhattan]]. These streetcar routes included the Sixth Avenue line, which became the M5 bus, and the Eighth Avenue line, which became the M10.{{sfn|Meyers|2005|p=32}} Only one streetcar line traversed Central Park: the 86th&nbsp;Street Crosstown Line, the predecessor to the M86&nbsp;bus.{{sfn|Meyers|2005|p=65}}