Morningside Avenue & West 119th Street

Morningside Avenue and West 119th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground 123 is 810 feet away, and Playground One Twenty Five CXXV is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them playgrounds, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
16 places
4 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Avenue & West 119th 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 six 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, 460 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Ave & W 123 St 35 docks in all
    1,040 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Siberian elm and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • 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 119th Street

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

South side of West 119th Street

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

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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    330 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    930 feet
  3. New York French-American Charter School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    50 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    350 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    810 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Avenue or West 119th Street.

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