Morningside Drive & West 118th Street

Morningside Drive and West 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morningside Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 118 St · M11
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morningside Drive & West 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

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 118 St, 620 feet away, for the M11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 118 St M11 · Shelter
    620 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 119 St 29 docks in all
    790 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
    0.7 miles
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
130 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 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 118th Street

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

South side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 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 three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1894 and 1956.

  1. Croton Aqueduct, West 119th Street Gatehouse Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    50 feet
  2. Gatehouse Garden
    540 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and one food store.

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 118th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.