St Nicholas Avenue & West 116th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 116th Street meet at a three-way junction 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. In 2025, 657 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. First Corinthian Baptist Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
W 116 St/Saint Nicholas Av · M7, M116
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    730 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 2, 3
    1,000 feet
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 116 St/Saint Nicholas Av, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 116 St/Saint Nicholas Av M7, M116
    110 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 89 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 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
    440 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
    0.9 miles

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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 657 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,022nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 365 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1925.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 116th Street (both sides).

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110445 and 112694.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1887 and 1969.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    780 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    780 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    150 feet
  2. Samuel Marx Triangle
    340 feet
  3. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    520 feet
  2. Garden of Love Garden
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    440 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    470 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    390 feet
  2. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 23 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 116th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.