Manhattan Avenue & West 121st Street

Manhattan Avenue and West 121st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Harriet Tubman Memorial” is 470 feet away, and NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Manhattan Av/W 121 St · M3
Within a walk
28 places
6 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & West 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,030 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 121 St, 110 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 121 St M3
    110 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

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 June 2020 and July 2024, 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 121st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 121st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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 1941.

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

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Harriet Tubman Plaza.

  1. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York French-American Charter School
    370 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,010 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    1,170 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    490 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    570 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    800 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    840 feet
  3. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,260 feet
  6. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    890 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    860 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,230 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 121st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.