Claremont Avenue & La Salle Street

Claremont Avenue and La Salle Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park is 270 feet away, and General Ulysses S. Grant Tomb stands 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them colleges, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Broadway/La Salle St · M4, M104
Within a walk
12 places
3 colleges, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Claremont Avenue & La Salle Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 125 St 1
    860 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “River to River” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/La Salle St, 310 feet away, for the M4 and M104.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/La Salle St M4, M104 · Shelter
    310 feet
    M4 M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Moylan Pl 41 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 100 Claremont Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claremont Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of La Salle Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER THURSDAY 3:30PM-9PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. General Ulysses S. Grant Tomb Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Sakura Park.

  1. Japanese Tori Lantern, 1960
    370 feet
  2. Amiable Child Memorial Urn, 1967
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Music College
    810 feet
  3. Jewish Theological Semnry of America College
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Riverside Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Union Theological Seminary College · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Sakura Park
    350 feet
  3. Sakura Playground
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. International House Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Riverside Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Claremont Avenue or La Salle Street.

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