Manhattan Avenue & Hancock Place

Manhattan Avenue and Hancock Place meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St · M100
Within a walk
41 places
12 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Hancock Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    340 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St, 180 feet away, for the M100.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St M100
    180 feet
    M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1860 and 1941.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Roosevelt Triangle.

  1. Harlem Hybrid Sculpture by Richard Howard Hunt, 1976
    600 feet
  2. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York French-American Charter School
    1,060 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,090 feet
  3. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  4. Teachers College Community School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Park
    70 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    520 feet
  3. Roosevelt Triangle
    560 feet
Show all 13
  1. Morningside Park
    660 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    760 feet
  3. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    770 feet
  4. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    800 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    890 feet
  6. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    890 feet
  7. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    950 feet
  8. CEP Community Garden
    980 feet
  9. St. Nicholas Park
    1,210 feet
  10. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    120 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    810 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    310 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    670 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  4. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    540 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    570 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    620 feet
  2. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    330 feet
  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 21 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Place or Manhattan Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.