Manhattan Avenue & West 115th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2026, 474 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The fountain “Bear and Faun” is 400 feet away, and Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Manhattan Av/W 116 St · M3, M7, M116
Within a walk
19 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    700 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 116 St, 170 feet away, for the M3, M7 and M116.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 116 St M3, M7, M116
    170 feet
    M3 M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 115 St 33 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 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 March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 474 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Southbound on Manhattan Avenue371
Northbound on Manhattan Avenue103
Total474

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 115th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 115th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Lafayette Square.

  1. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    310 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    400 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,110 feet
  2. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lafayette Square
    310 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    330 feet
  3. Garden of Love Garden
    440 feet
Show all 7
  1. Morningside Park Playground
    600 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground
    730 feet
  3. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    890 feet
  4. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    820 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 115th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.