Columbus Avenue & West 108th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Anibal Aviles Playground is 260 feet away, and J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Columbus Av/W 108 St · M11
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 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. Cathedral Pkwy (110 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 B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 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 Columbus Av/W 108 St, 120 feet away, for the M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 35 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
    350 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. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 169 West 95th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
85 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 108th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 108th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110695 and 111001.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1904.

  1. St. Faith's House (New York Training School for Deaconesses) Designated landmark
    780 feet
  2. Ogilvie House (now the Deanery) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    320 feet
  3. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anibal Aviles Playground
    260 feet
  2. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Booker T. Washington Playground
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. Morningside Park
    570 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    910 feet
  3. La Perla Garden
    920 feet
  4. La Perla Community Garden
    920 feet
  5. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet

Health care

  1. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Nursing home or hospice
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 15 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 108th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.