Columbus Avenue & West 107th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 107th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mobilization For Change Community Garden is 50 feet away, and St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about five 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 55 places to eat.

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Columbus Avenue & West 107th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 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. 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.5 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 Columbus Av/W 108 St, 180 feet away, for the M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/W 108 St M11 · Shelter
    180 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 107 St & Columbus Ave 23 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,200 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 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2026, 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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs 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
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 107th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 107th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111001, 111127 and 114278.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 39 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
    790 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 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    350 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. Anibal Aviles Playground
    520 feet
  3. Booker T. Washington Playground
    630 feet
Show all 11
  1. La Perla Garden
    660 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    660 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    830 feet
  4. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  5. Morningside Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  6. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  7. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  8. Bloomingdale Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.