Columbus Avenue & West 106th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan is 460 feet away, and Booker T. Washington Playground is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 106 St/Columbus Av · M116
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

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 W 106 St/Columbus Av, 60 feet away, for the M116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 106 St/Columbus Av M116
    60 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue and West 106th Street.

  • 39 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
    360 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 169 West 95th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
99 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1900 and 1936.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • 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 106th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 106th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109835, 111127 and 114278.

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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    640 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    910 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    280 feet
  2. Anibal Aviles Playground
    800 feet
  3. Booker T. Washington Playground
    910 feet
Show all 11
  1. La Perla Garden
    370 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    380 feet
  3. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  4. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    950 feet
  5. Central Park Listed historic place
    960 feet
  6. Bloomingdale Playground
    970 feet
  7. West 104th Street Garden
    1,110 feet
  8. Morningside Park
    1,120 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbus Avenue or West 106th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.