St Nicholas Avenue & West 117th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 117th 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. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
990 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St · M2
Within a walk
34 places
15 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 117th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    990 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
    1,320 feet
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St, 290 feet away, for the M2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St M2
    290 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 117th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 118 St 27 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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 three 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 1905 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1899.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    910 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
Show all 9
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,070 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,100 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,100 feet
  4. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    1,100 feet
  5. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,170 feet
  6. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    100 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    100 feet
  3. Samuel Marx Triangle
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    830 feet
  2. Garden of Love Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 18 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 117th 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, 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.