Manhattan Avenue & Cathedral Parkway

Manhattan Avenue and Cathedral Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The decorative paving “Frederick Douglass Memorial” is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
420 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Cathedral Pkwy/Manhattan Av · M3, M4
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Cathedral Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    420 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. 116 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 Cathedral Pkwy/Manhattan Av, 50 feet away, for the M3 and M4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy/Manhattan Av M3, M4
    50 feet
    M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cathedral Parkway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 112 St 37 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
24 and 26 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 106 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cathedral Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cathedral Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1912 and 1945.

  1. The Choir School Designated landmark
    740 feet
  2. Ogilvie House (now the Deanery) Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    460 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,270 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    70 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    390 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. West 110th Street Playground
    840 feet
  2. Lafayette Square
    1,020 feet
  3. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,040 feet
  4. Electric Ladybug Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  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 20 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cathedral Parkway or Manhattan Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.