West 123rd Street & Morningside Avenue

West 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner is also named Rev. Dr. J. G. McCann Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV is 50 feet away, and Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
W 125 St/Morningside Av · M101, M125
Within a walk
30 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 123rd Street & Morningside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    950 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. 125 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Morningside Av, 580 feet away, for the M101 and M125.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Morningside Av M101, M125 · Shelter
    580 feet
    M101 M125
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Ave & W 123 St 35 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    390 feet
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
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)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. Dr. J. G. McCann Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. Dr. J. G. McCann Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 123rd Street

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

South side of West 123rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1860 and 1966.

  1. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    720 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roosevelt Triangle.

  1. Harlem Hybrid Sculpture by Richard Howard Hunt, 1976
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Secondary School
    490 feet
  2. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    490 feet
  3. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    750 feet
  2. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,060 feet
  4. Teachers College Community School
    1,090 feet
  5. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    50 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    60 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    150 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    190 feet
  2. Roosevelt Triangle
    460 feet
  3. Hancock Park
    490 feet
  4. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    660 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    280 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    670 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Community Center
    1,040 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    810 feet
  2. 28th Precinct Police station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morningside Avenue or West 123rd Street.

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