Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer

 

Kids Walk
for
Kids with
Cancer

Saturday,
May 8th, 2010
at 1:30 PM

Central Park West (at 67th Street)

Benefitting Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
MSK Long Logo

Directions


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Please gather for Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer at 1:30 PM. The pre-walk program will include special guest speakers. The walk will begin immediately after the program.

To reach the meeting place: Enter Central Park at the West 67th Street entrance. Pass through the Tavern on the Green parking lot and cross the West Drive. The meeting place is directly across the Drive just slightly north of Tavern on the Green.

Map

By Subway:

  • The 1 train stops at West 66 Street and Broadway, about two blocks away at Lincoln Center.
  • B and C trains stop at 72nd Street and Central Park West.
  • A, B, C, and 1 trains stop at Columbus Circle (West 59th Street and Central Park).

By Car: There are several parking garages located near the West 67th Street entrance to the Park.

  • 165 W 66th Street Parking Corp.
    165 West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, entrance on north side of West 66th Street, which runs west.
  • Lincoln Center Garage
    West 65th Street to West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, entrances on both streets – W 65th Street runs east and W 66th Street runs west.
  • Manhattan Parking 2 Lincoln Square Corp.
    West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West (south side- W66th Street runs west).
  • OMNI Parking LLC
    West 68th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway (north side- W 68th Street runs east).

The Walk: Walkers depart after the program (approximately 2:20 p.m). Walkers will walk north to 72nd Street and cross the Park to the east side, then head north along the East Drive, and cross back to the West Drive at 102nd Street. Walkers will then walk south and back to the meeting place, where cookies and brownies will be served. The walk path is a little over 4 miles and takes about 2 hours.

Don't forget to bring a water bottle!