Claremont Avenue & Tiemann Place

Claremont Avenue and Tiemann Place meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner is also named Tom DeMott Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sakura Park is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Broadway/Tiemann Pl · M4, M104
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Claremont Avenue & Tiemann Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 125 St 1
    310 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/Tiemann Pl, 320 feet away, for the M4 and M104.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Tiemann Pl M4, M104 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M4 M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
57 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Tom DeMott Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,500 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tiemann Place

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Sakura Park
    910 feet
  3. Claremont (Dolphin) Playground
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Sheltering Arms Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. International House Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. George Bruce Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Claremont Avenue or Tiemann Place.

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, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.