St Nicholas Avenue & West 112th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 112th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1920, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd · M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
25 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    440 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. 116 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Message from Malcolm” (1998) by Maren Hassinger at the 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd, 570 feet away, for the M2, M3 and M4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd M2, M3, M4
    570 feet
    M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …
  3. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 111 St 36 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Link Charter School
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    900 feet
Show all 9
  1. Opportunity Charter School
    1,190 feet
  2. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,190 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,190 feet
  4. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,210 feet
  5. Harlem Academy School
    1,270 feet
  6. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    600 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. East 110th Street Playground
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    980 feet
  2. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  3. Electric Ladybug Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  5. Nutters Battery in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 112th 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.