Columbus Avenue & West 105th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 105th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. La Perla Garden is 100 feet away, and the Great Hill in Central Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Columbus Av/W 106 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
26 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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, 130 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 106 St M7, M11
    130 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 107 St & Columbus Ave 23 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, 0.9 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 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
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 105th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 105th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109835, 112355 and 114375.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, 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. New-York Cancer Hospital Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    630 feet
  2. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    920 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Perla Garden
    100 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Playground
    690 feet
  3. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
Show all 10
  1. La Perla Community Garden
    100 feet
  2. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    820 feet
  4. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,080 feet
  6. Booker T. Washington Playground
    1,190 feet
  7. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    840 feet
  2. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 105th 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.