St Nicholas Avenue & Sylvan Terrace

St Nicholas Avenue and Sylvan Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morris Jumel Community Garden is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
150 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 161 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
29 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & Sylvan Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    150 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. C …
Downtown
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 161 St, 260 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 161 St M3, M100, M101 · Shelter
    260 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 160 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1908 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jumel Terrace Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    490 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    910 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    310 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    390 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
  3. Bushman Steps Park
    1,130 feet
  4. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  5. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    210 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    340 feet
  3. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    420 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or Sylvan Terrace.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.