West 122nd Street & Manhattan Avenue

West 122nd Street and Manhattan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named LeRoy Myers Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument is 320 feet away, and St Joseph of the Holy Family Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Manhattan Av/W 122 St · M3
Within a walk
34 places
9 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 122nd Street & Manhattan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    770 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
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/W 122 St, 110 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/W 122 St M3
    110 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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
    460 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

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

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
28 feet above sea level

This corner is also named LeRoy Myers Corner, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2005 (Local Law 131 of 2005).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on LeRoy Myers Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 122nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 122nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1897 and 1941.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    210 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
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Park
    310 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    500 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    540 feet
Show all 10
  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    580 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    750 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    890 feet
  4. Five Star Gardens Garden
    950 feet
  5. Roosevelt Triangle
    990 feet
  6. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,050 feet
  7. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    320 feet
  3. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    630 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    680 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    970 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or West 122nd 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.