St Nicholas Avenue & West 115th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Memorial Baptist Church is 130 feet away, and Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St · M2
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    1,040 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 B, C
    1,140 feet
    B C
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Minton's Playhouse (uptown), The Movers and Shakers (downtown)” (1999) by Vincent Smith at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St, 450 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St M2 · Shelter
    450 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 115 St 22 docks in all
    200 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2013 and July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1904.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    540 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    540 feet
  3. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Opportunity Charter School
    1,200 feet
  3. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,200 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    60 feet
  2. A Philip Randolph Square
    540 feet
  3. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    840 feet
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    980 feet
  3. Garden of Love Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    210 feet
  3. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    240 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 115th 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.