Columbus Avenue & West 104th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Douglass I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. La Perla Community Garden is 290 feet away, and West End Presbyterian Church is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them gardens, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Columbus Av/W 106 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
18 places
4 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    1,090 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
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbus Av/W 106 St, 400 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 106 St M7, M11
    400 feet
    M7 M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Ave & W 103 St 40 docks in all
    430 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 169 West 95th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

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
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112719 and 114375.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 44 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
  2. New-York Cancer Hospital Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    750 feet
  2. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,190 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Perla Garden
    250 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    290 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    570 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bloomingdale Playground
    630 feet
  2. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    960 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    890 feet
  2. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 104th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.