Manhattan Avenue & West 118th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 490 feet away, and Lafayette Square is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
18 places
4 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    960 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
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 119 St, 240 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 119 St M3
    240 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 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
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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 3,400 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 70 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
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 118th Street

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

South side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1955 and 1956.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    650 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. New York French-American Charter School
    750 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    490 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    530 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden of Love Garden
    900 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Lafayette Square
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 118th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.