Morningside Avenue & West 114th Street

Morningside Avenue and West 114th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Lafayette and Washington” is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 13 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1920, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Manhattan Av/W 114 St · M3, M7, M116
Within a walk
15 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Avenue & West 114th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 116 St B, C
    1,100 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
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 114 St, 140 feet away, for the M3, M7 and M116.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 114 St M3, M7, M116 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M3 M7 M116
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 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
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.3 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
26 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 114th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 114th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1904 and 1945.

  1. Scrymser Pavilion Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Plant Pavilion Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    770 feet

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
    90 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    190 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bilingual Nest Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Opportunity Charter School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,280 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    50 feet
  2. Lafayette Square
    70 feet
  3. Morningside Park Playground
    290 feet
Show all 7
  1. 116th Street Playground
    740 feet
  2. Garden of Love Garden
    830 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,040 feet
  4. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Avenue or West 114th 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, 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.