West 120th Street & Claremont Avenue

West 120th Street and Claremont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Church is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 13 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Broadway/W 120 St · M4, M60 SBS, M104
Within a walk
26 places
7 listed historic places, 5 colleges and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 120th Street & Claremont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    1,290 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 1
    0.4 miles
    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 Broadway/W 120 St, 340 feet away, for the M4, M60 SBS and M104.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 120 St M4, M60 SBS, M104 · Shelter
    340 feet
    M4 M60 SBS M104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M60 SBS …
  3. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 120 St & Claremont Ave 39 docks in all
    100 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.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 100 Claremont Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    430 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
120 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Claremont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 120th Street

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

South side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 5 colleges
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barnard College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Union Theological Seminary College · landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. The Riverside Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    440 feet
Show all 10
  1. Manhattan School of Music College
    730 feet
  2. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care
    740 feet
  3. Barnard College
    800 feet
  4. Teachers College - Columbia Univ College
    850 feet
  5. Kipp Beyond Charter School
    860 feet
  6. Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  7. Jewish Theological Semnry of America College
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Sakura Park
    600 feet
  3. 117th Street Playground
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sakura Playground
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brinckerhoff Milbank and Fiske Halls Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Students' Hall Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooks and Hewitt Halls Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Earl Hall, Columbia University Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. General Grant National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. International House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Board Missions Methodist Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Riverside Church Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Corpus Christi Church House of worship
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 Claremont Avenue or West 120th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.