West 124th Street & Hancock Place

West 124th Street and Hancock Place meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hancock Park is 290 feet away, and Grant Community Center is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
450 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St · M100
Within a walk
39 places
9 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 124th Street & Hancock Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    450 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 Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St, 290 feet away, for the M100.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St M100
    290 feet
    M100

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 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
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,250 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

South side of Hancock Place

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

North side of West 124th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1860 and 1941.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    730 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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    920 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School
    980 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    990 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    1,250 feet
  4. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
  5. New York French-American Charter School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Park
    290 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    300 feet
  3. Roosevelt Triangle
    340 feet
Show all 11
  1. Morningside Park
    560 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    650 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    690 feet
  4. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    880 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,000 feet
  6. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,060 feet
  7. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  8. CEP Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    510 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    370 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    690 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Community Center
    1,290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    700 feet
  2. 28th Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Place or West 124th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.