Riverside Drive & West 119th Street
Riverside Drive and West 119th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. It is 270 feet to the 117th Street Playground. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them listed historic places, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- 116 St-Columbia University 10.3 miles1
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- 1 …
Downtown
1 line- 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 Riverside Dr/W 119 St, 40 feet away, for the M5.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Riverside Dr/W 119 St M540 feetM5
Next buses at this stop
- M5 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- W 120 St & Claremont Ave 39 docks in all500 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3260 Broadway Gas station0.8 miles
- 100 Claremont Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers970 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
- 116 feet above sea level
The streets
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 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 1926.
Trees
NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.
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 October 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Riverside Drive
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of West 119th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of West 119th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
The corner stands at the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District.
Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 23 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1910.
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Riverside Park.
- Woman's Health Protective Association Stele by Bruno Louis Zimm, 1910750 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwenty public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 listed historic places
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 colleges
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- The Riverside Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark650 feet
- Barnard College Preschool, ages 2 to 5720 feet
- Barnard College850 feet
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- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care800 feet
- Union Theological Seminary College · landmark · listed historic place900 feet
- Manhattan School of Music College1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Riverside Park Listed historic place50 feet
- 117th Street Playground270 feet
- Sakura Park1,020 feet
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- Sakura Playground1,070 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Brinckerhoff Milbank and Fiske Halls Listed historic place470 feet
- Students' Hall Listed historic place890 feet
- Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter Listed historic place960 feet
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- Brooks and Hewitt Halls Listed historic place1,020 feet
- General Grant National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place1,060 feet
- Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place1,180 feet
Houses of worship
- Board Missions Methodist Church House of worship190 feet
- Riverside Church Landmark · listed historic place650 feet
- Corpus Christi Church House of worship1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Riverside Drive & West 120th Street 240 feet
- Claremont Avenue & West 119th Street 300 feet
- West 120th Street & Claremont Avenue 530 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 116th Street 800 feet
- Riverside Drive & West 122nd Street 820 feet
- Broadway & West 120th Street 850 feet
- West 122nd Street & Claremont Avenue 1,080 feet
- Claremont Avenue & West 116th Street 1,090 feet
See every intersection along Riverside Drive or West 119th Street.