Manhattan Avenue & West 117th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 117th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 540 feet to the 116th Street Playground. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Manhattan Av/W 116 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 117th 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
  • 6 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. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 116 St, 220 feet away, for the M3.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 116 St M3 · Shelter
    220 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 117 St 39 docks in all
    520 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
    0.7 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 July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and February 2024, 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 117th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 117th 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 one work near this corner, in Morningside Park.

  1. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    910 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. New York French-American Charter School
    1,010 feet
  2. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    500 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground
    540 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Garden of Love Garden
    640 feet
  2. Lafayette Square
    870 feet
  3. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    990 feet
  4. Morningside Park Playground
    1,160 feet
  5. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Morningside Post Office
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Lincoln 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 17 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 117th 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.