Manhattan Avenue & West 119th Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 119th 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. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them gardens, and 14 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
3 gardens, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    1,230 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 119 St, 40 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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
    970 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
    0.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

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
31 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 119th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 119th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1897 and 1956.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    380 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    490 feet
  3. New York French-American Charter School
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    490 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    790 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hancock Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Garden of Love Garden
    1,160 feet
  4. Playground 123 Playground
    1,250 feet
  5. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,110 feet
  3. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 119th 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.