West 120th Street & Morningside Avenue

West 120th Street and Morningside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 305 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman is 280 feet away, and Roosevelt Triangle is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Manhattan Av/W 119 St · M3
Within a walk
22 places
5 schools, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 119 St, 630 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Morningside Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Ave & W 123 St 35 docks in all
    770 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
    1,170 feet
  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 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 December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 305 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,462nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 98 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
26 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1897 and 1956.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    280 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    670 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,190 feet
  2. Columbia Secondary School
    1,270 feet
  3. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,270 feet
  4. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,270 feet
  5. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    70 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    550 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground (North Area) Playground
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    840 feet
  2. 116th Street Playground
    880 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    980 feet
  4. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,250 feet
  5. Hancock Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    680 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.