West 125th Street & Morningside Avenue at Hancock Place

West 125th Street, Morningside Avenue and Hancock Place meet at a five-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Harlem Hybrid” is 130 feet away, and Morningside Field House is 610 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 35 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
W 125 St/Morningside Av · M101, M125
Within a walk
35 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 125th Street & Morningside Avenue at Hancock Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 570 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
    570 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
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Morningside Av, 190 feet away, for the M101 and M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    160 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024

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
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 29 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and October 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 125th Street (both sides).

North side of Hancock Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hancock Place

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

East side of Morningside Avenue

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Morningside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113173 and 113988.

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 1860 and 1941.

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
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School
    710 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roosevelt Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    180 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    440 feet
Show all 11
  1. Playground 123 Playground
    530 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    560 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    570 feet
  4. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,000 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,120 feet
  6. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  7. CEP Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  8. St. Nicholas Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    280 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    570 feet
  3. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    300 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    530 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Community Center
    1,010 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    430 feet
  2. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hancock Place, Morningside Avenue or West 125th 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, 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.