Manhattan Avenue & West 100th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 100th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Douglass I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tarr Family Playground is 610 feet away, and Frederick Douglass Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them playgrounds, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Central Park West/W 100 St · M10
Within a walk
16 places
3 playgrounds, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    1,200 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. 96 St B, C
    1,250 feet
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 100 St, 600 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 100 St M10 · Shelter
    600 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Manhattan Ave 39 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 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 1958 and 1961.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Douglass I development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 100th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 9AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    500 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Tarr Family Playground
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  2. West 104th Street Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Playground
    1,100 feet
  4. Happy Warrior Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bloomingdale Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 11/Engine 76/Ladder 22 Fire station
    1,080 feet
  2. 24th Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 100th Street.

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