Manhattan Avenue & West 116th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Lafayette and Washington” is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about two minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them gardens, and 16 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Manhattan Av/W 116 St · M7, M116
Within a walk
19 places
3 gardens, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    420 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. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 116 St, 60 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 116 St M7, M116 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M7 M116
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.2 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 116th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 116th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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 between 1955 and 1956.

Monuments and public art

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
    590 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    600 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,190 feet
Show all 6
  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  3. New York French-American Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Love Garden
    360 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    480 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. Lafayette Square
    590 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    840 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    880 feet
  4. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    1,050 feet
  5. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 116th 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, 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.