Morningside Drive & West 115th Street

Morningside Drive and West 115th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Notre Dame Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 116 St · M11
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Drive & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Railrider's Throne” (1991) by Michelle Greene at the 116 St-Columbia University station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 116 St, 710 feet away, for the M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 116 St M11 · Shelter
    710 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 116 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    740 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
    0.9 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.

  • 6 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
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
127 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Morningside Drive

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 115th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 115th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Neoclassical and French Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1935.

  1. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Scrymser Pavilion Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Plant Pavilion Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Morningside Park.

  1. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    290 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    530 feet
  3. Lafayette and Washington Statue by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1900
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    1,060 feet
  3. Cathedral School Landmark
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    40 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground
    600 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral Landmark
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Drive or West 115th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.