Morningside Avenue & West 121st Street

Morningside Avenue and West 121st Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Morningside Park is 50 feet away, and Public School 36 stands 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Manhattan Av/W 121 St · M3
Within a walk
26 places
6 schools, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 121 St, 550 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Ave & W 123 St 35 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
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 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 126 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 121st Street

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

South side of West 121st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1897 and 1966.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    540 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    810 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    1,010 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,010 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,010 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    50 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    290 feet
  3. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    720 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    880 feet
  3. Roosevelt Triangle
    980 feet
  4. Hancock Park
    1,010 feet
  5. 116th Street Playground
    1,150 feet
  6. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,240 feet
  7. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    420 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight 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 121st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.