Morningside Avenue & West 124th Street

Morningside Avenue and West 124th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 310 feet away, and Tabernaculo de la Fe is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
W 125 St/Morningside Av · M101, M125
Within a walk
33 places
7 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Avenue & West 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    700 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. 125 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Morningside Av, 320 feet away, for the M101 and M125.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Morningside Av M101, M125 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M101 M125
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 124th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 124th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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 1860 and 1966.

  1. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roosevelt Triangle.

  1. Harlem Hybrid Sculpture by Richard Howard Hunt, 1976
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Secondary School
    740 feet
  2. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    50 feet
  2. Roosevelt Triangle
    200 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    310 feet
Show all 10
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    410 feet
  2. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    450 feet
  3. Hancock Park
    530 feet
  4. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,120 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,250 feet
  6. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,310 feet
  7. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    570 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    700 feet
  3. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    410 feet
  2. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    480 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Community Center
    1,140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    550 feet
  2. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    690 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Avenue or West 124th 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, NYCHA, 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.