Columbus Avenue & Morningside Drive

Columbus Avenue and Morningside Drive meet at a five-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 60 feet away, and the Choir School stands 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
880 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Cathedral Pkwy/Morningside Dr · M4
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & Morningside Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    880 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (1999) by Christopher Wynter at the Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cathedral Pkwy/Morningside Dr, 120 feet away, for the M4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy/Morningside Dr M4
    120 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cathedral Parkway and Columbus Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 110 St & Amsterdam Ave 45 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 199 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 69 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Columbus Avenue (east side).

North side of Cathedral Parkway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cathedral Parkway

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Morningside Drive

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No parking 28 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Morningside Drive

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113852 and 114101.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Collegiate Gothic and French Chateauesque. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1921.

  1. Ogilvie House (now the Deanery) Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. The Choir School Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. The Bishop's House Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    60 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    390 feet
  3. Anibal Aviles Playground
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Booker T. Washington Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  4. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    1,210 feet
  5. West 110th Street Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Notre Dame Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 12 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 Cathedral Parkway, Columbus Avenue or Morningside Drive.

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