Manhattan Avenue & West 101st Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 101st 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 510 feet away, and Basis Independent Manhattan is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Central Park West/W 100 St · M10
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 101st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    920 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 100 St, 620 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 100 St M10
    620 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Manhattan Ave 39 docks in all
    330 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, January 2017

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
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 1929 and 1961.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 101st Street

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

South side of West 101st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 park features
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    490 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. West 104th Street Garden
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tarr Family Playground
    870 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  3. La Perla Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 101st 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.