Columbus Avenue & West 109th Street

Columbus Avenue and West 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Ogilvie House (now the Deanery) stands 570 feet away, and La Perla Garden is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
830 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Columbus Av/Cathedral Pkwy · M11
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbus Avenue & West 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

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/Cathedral Pkwy, 100 feet away, for the M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbus Av/Cathedral Pkwy M11
    100 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Columbus Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.1 miles 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 85 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbus Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 109th Street

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

South side of West 109th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113852 and 114101.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Collegiate Gothic and French Chateauesque. They were mostly built between 1912 and 1914.

  1. Ogilvie House (now the Deanery) Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. St. Faith's House (New York Training School for Deaconesses) Designated landmark
    610 feet
  3. The Choir School Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    150 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  3. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    310 feet
  2. Anibal Aviles Playground
    360 feet
  3. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Morningside Park Playground
    640 feet
  2. Booker T. Washington Playground
    770 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. La Perla Garden
    1,180 feet
  5. La Perla Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Nursing home or hospice
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 13 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 109th 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.