Manhattan Avenue & West 106th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Manhattan Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Pool in Central Park is 490 feet away, and Morningside Park is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about five minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Manhattan Av/W 106 St · M7, M116
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    1,190 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. 103 St B, C
    1,200 feet
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.5 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 Manhattan Av/W 106 St, 50 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 106 St M7, M116
    50 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 106th Street.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 106 St & Central Park W 59 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 4 West 93rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 April 2026.

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,300 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 1900 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Manhattan Avenue Historic District.

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
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,080 feet
  2. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Park West Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    490 feet
  2. The Great Hill in Central Park Park feature
    520 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    630 feet
  2. La Perla Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. La Perla Garden
    650 feet
  4. West 104th Street Garden
    670 feet
  5. Morningside Park
    1,110 feet
  6. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 106th Street.

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