Broadway & West 121st Street
Broadway and West 121st Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Union Theological Seminary is 180 feet away, and Kipp Beyond Charter School is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them colleges, and 28 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- 116 St-Columbia University 11,250 feet1
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- 1 …
Downtown
1 line- 1 …
Also within a walk
- 125 St 10.3 miles1
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Railrider's Throne” (1991) by Michelle Greene at the 116 St-Columbia University station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 122 St, 250 feet away, for the M4 and M104.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/W 122 St M4, M104 · Shelter250 feetM4 M104
Next buses at this stop
- M4 …
- M104 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Broadway & W 122 St 33 docks in all350 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 3260 Broadway Gas station0.7 miles
- 100 Claremont Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers1,030 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015
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
- 106 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,000 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 1905 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 26 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
- 3 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm on Broadway (west side).
East side of Broadway
- Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of West 121st Street
- Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of West 121st Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114161 and 114625.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as English Perpendicular Gothic. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1919.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.
- 5 colleges
- 5 listed historic places
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 parks
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Union Theological Seminary College · landmark · listed historic place180 feet
- Kipp Beyond Charter School260 feet
- Barnard College Preschool, ages 2 to 5420 feet
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- Teachers College - Columbia Univ College520 feet
- The Riverside Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark530 feet
- Jewish Theological Semnry of America College550 feet
- Manhattan School of Music College570 feet
- Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5900 feet
- Barnard College1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sakura Park630 feet
- Sakura Playground840 feet
- Riverside Park Listed historic place880 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Brinckerhoff Milbank and Fiske Halls Listed historic place600 feet
- Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place610 feet
- Earl Hall, Columbia University Listed historic place1,060 feet
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- Students' Hall Listed historic place1,150 feet
- International House Listed historic place1,220 feet
- General Grant National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place1,240 feet
Houses of worship
- Corpus Christi Church House of worship270 feet
- Riverside Church Landmark · listed historic place530 feet
- Board Missions Methodist Church House of worship760 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.3 miles
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and four food stores.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Broadway & West 122nd Street 260 feet
- Broadway & West 120th Street 280 feet
- West 122nd Street & Claremont Avenue 580 feet
- West 120th Street & Claremont Avenue 590 feet
- Claremont Avenue & West 119th Street 830 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 120th Street 900 feet
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 121st Street 900 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 122nd Street 1,000 feet
See every intersection along Broadway or West 121st Street.