Morningside Drive & West 116th Street

Morningside Drive and West 116th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them listed historic places, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 116 St · M11
Within a walk
10 places
2 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Drive & West 116th 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 six 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
    0.5 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, 640 feet away, for the M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 116 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    470 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
    0.8 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
133 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 1907 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Morningside Drive

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 116th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 116th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • 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 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 built between 1904 and 1956.

  1. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. Scrymser Pavilion Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    100 feet
  2. Bear and Faun Fountain by Edgar Walter, 1914
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    60 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground
    320 feet
  3. Gatehouse Garden
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 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 116th 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.