West 120th Street & Manhattan Avenue

West 120th Street and Manhattan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York French-American Charter School is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,290 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 119 St, 190 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 119 St M3
    190 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    980 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
    0.3 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Harriet Tubman Plaza.

  1. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York French-American Charter School
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    370 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    750 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    860 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,080 feet
  4. Mott Hall II School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    510 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    830 feet
  3. Five Star Gardens Garden
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    990 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,110 feet
  4. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 120th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.