Manhattan Avenue & West 109th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven 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, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them playgrounds, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
390 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Manhattan Av/W 109 St · M7, M116
Within a walk
16 places
4 playgrounds, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    390 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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 109 St, 40 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 109 St M7, M116
    40 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 107 St & Columbus Ave 23 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1940.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

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

North side of West 109th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 109th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1945.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Douglass Circle.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Decorative paving by Algernon Miller, 2011
    530 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue by Gabriel Koren, 2011
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    310 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    630 feet
Show all 9
  1. Anibal Aviles Playground
    800 feet
  2. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    870 feet
  3. West 110th Street Playground
    960 feet
  4. Booker T. Washington Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. Lafayette Square
    1,260 feet
  6. The Pool in Central Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Cancer Hospital Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Southern Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and nine 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 Manhattan Avenue or West 109th Street.

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