Claremont Avenue & West 116th Street

Claremont Avenue and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Anthony Hall stands 250 feet away, and Barnard College is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
320 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Broadway/W 116 St · M4, M60 SBS, M104
Within a walk
19 places
6 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Claremont Avenue & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    320 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 116 St, 310 feet away, for the M4, M60 SBS and M104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 116 St M4, M60 SBS, M104 · Shelter
    310 feet
    M4 M60 SBS M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M60 SBS …
  3. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 116 St & Broadway 43 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.8 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 two 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 November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 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
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1909 and 1912.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 116th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 59 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1899 and 1910.

  1. St. Anthony Hall Designated landmark
    250 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.

  1. Woman's Health Protective Association Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1910
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 colleges
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care
    310 feet
  2. Barnard College
    380 feet
  3. St Hilda's & St Hugh's School Landmark
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Barnard College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. 117th Street Playground
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooks and Hewitt Halls Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter Listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. 116th Street-Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    330 feet
Show all 7
  1. Students' Hall Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Earl Hall, Columbia University Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Brinckerhoff Milbank and Fiske Halls Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Morningside Heights Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Broadway Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    810 feet
  2. Board Missions Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Claremont Avenue or West 116th Street.

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