Columbus Avenue & West 103rd Street

Columbus Avenue and West 103rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Douglass I development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. La Perla Garden is 510 feet away, and St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them gardens, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Columbus Av/W 102 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
20 places
4 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    840 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. 103 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 102 St, 280 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 102 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    280 feet
    M7 M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Ave & W 103 St 40 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 169 West 95th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2018
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 1920 and 1958.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Douglass I development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 28 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1890.

  1. Association Residence for Respectable Aged Indigent Females Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    1,010 feet
  3. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Young Women's Leadership School
    1,080 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Perla Garden
    510 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    540 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Playground
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. West 104th Street Garden
    700 feet
  2. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  4. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. Frederick Douglass Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,150 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 103rd Street.

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