Manhattan Avenue & West 103rd Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing 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 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them gardens, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
400 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Central Park West/W 102 St · M10
Within a walk
10 places
3 gardens, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St B, C
    400 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) B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 102 St, 600 feet away, for the M10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 102 St M10
    600 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Ave & W 103 St 40 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, undated in the City's record

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
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and April 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 103rd Street

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

South side of West 103rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 44 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1890.

  1. New-York Cancer Hospital Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 104th Street Garden
    250 feet
  2. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    500 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. La Perla Community Garden
    640 feet
  2. La Perla Garden
    660 feet
  3. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 103rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.