St Nicholas Avenue & Manhattan Avenue

St Nicholas Avenue and Manhattan Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Manhattanville Post Office is 450 feet away, and New York French-American Charter School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St · M100
Within a walk
43 places
13 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & Manhattan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    250 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. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 124 St, 90 feet away, for the M100.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 29 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
    160 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
    1,050 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 13 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 1 sign TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • 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 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114284.

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
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Roosevelt Triangle.

  1. Harlem Hybrid Sculpture by Richard Howard Hunt, 1976
    570 feet
  2. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  3. New York French-American Charter School
    1,150 feet
Show all 7
  1. Teachers College Community School
    1,190 feet
  2. Columbia Secondary School
    1,190 feet
  3. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,190 feet
  4. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Park
    170 feet
  2. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    510 feet
  3. Roosevelt Triangle
    550 feet
Show all 14
  1. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    670 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    760 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    790 feet
  4. Playground 123 Playground
    850 feet
  5. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    850 feet
  6. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    860 feet
  7. CEP Community Garden
    890 feet
  8. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    890 feet
  9. St. Nicholas Park
    1,110 feet
  10. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,230 feet
  11. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    300 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    570 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  4. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    450 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    480 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    590 feet
  2. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    240 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 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue, St Nicholas Avenue or West 124th 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, 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.