Morningside Avenue & West 118th Street

Morningside Avenue and West 118th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 90 feet to the 116th Street Playground (North Area). 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 12 public places, three of them playgrounds, and eight places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
12 places
3 playgrounds, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.3 miles 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
    0.3 miles
    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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 119 St, 680 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Morningside Avenue.

  • 29 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
    1,150 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
    0.3 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 one crash 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 August 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, October 2014

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 3 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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    600 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    930 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York French-American Charter School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    50 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    90 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    360 feet
Show all 5
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Lafayette Square
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Avenue or West 118th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.