Amsterdam Avenue & West 122nd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 122nd Street meet at a five-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner is also named Marie Runyon Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 350 feet away, and Corpus Christi Church is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 123 St · M11
Within a walk
22 places
5 schools, 3 colleges and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 123 St, 180 feet away, for the M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 123 St M11 · Shelter
    180 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Dr & Amsterdam Ave 35 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    720 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Marie Runyon Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marie Runyon Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 66 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

East side of Morningside Drive

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110224, 110826 and 114838.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1941 and 1966.

  1. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    350 feet
  2. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    840 feet
Show all 10
  1. Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    840 feet
  4. Teachers College - Columbia Univ College
    910 feet
  5. Jewish Theological Semnry of America College
    910 feet
  6. Kipp Beyond Charter School
    960 feet
  7. Manhattan School of Music College
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    350 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    620 feet
  3. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gatehouse Garden
    830 feet
  2. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Sakura Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Corpus Christi Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    700 feet
  2. Grant Community Center
    900 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, Morningside Drive or West 122nd Street.

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