West 124th Street & Mount Morris Park West

West 124th Street and Mount Morris Park West meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Antioch Church of God in Christ is 70 feet away, and Harlem Village Academy High School is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Mount Morris Park West/W 124 St · M1
Within a walk
41 places
22 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 124th Street & Mount Morris Park West 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.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    770 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mount Morris Park West/W 124 St, 100 feet away, for the M1.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mount Morris Park West/W 124 St M1
    100 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mt Morris Park W & W 120 St 27 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 102 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mount Morris Park West

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Mount Morris Park West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 124th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 110 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival and neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1889.

  1. The Harlem Club Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem Parsonage Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. St. Martin's Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Village Academy High School
    160 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    420 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    420 feet
  2. Great Tomorrows USA School
    750 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,220 feet
  4. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,260 feet
  5. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    240 feet
  3. West 124th Street Community Garden
    350 feet
Show all 4
  1. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Library Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Church of God in Christ House of worship
    70 feet
  2. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    490 feet
Show all 11
  1. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church Landmark
    590 feet
  2. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    750 feet
  3. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    780 feet
  4. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    900 feet
  5. St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    940 feet
  6. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    1,080 feet
  7. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    1,230 feet
  8. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    610 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Pool Swimming pool
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mount Morris Park West or West 124th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.