Edgecombe Avenue & West 150th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 150th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    940 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. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 155 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St, 440 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St M3 · Shelter
    440 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 150 St 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 19 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 136 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1906.

  1. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    40 feet
  2. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    140 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    140 feet
Show all 10
  1. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    260 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Garden
    300 feet
  3. Donnellan Square
    320 feet
  4. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    690 feet
  5. Convent Garden
    720 feet
  6. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    900 feet
  7. William A. Harris Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bailey House Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 150th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.