St Nicholas Avenue & West 118th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 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 33 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St · M2
Within a walk
33 places
16 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,090 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
    1,090 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
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St, 600 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 118th Street.

  • 91 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 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
    440 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 55 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1898.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    600 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    760 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    1,060 feet
  4. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,070 feet
  5. New York French-American Charter School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    160 feet
  2. A Philip Randolph Square
    410 feet
  3. Five Star Gardens Garden
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    970 feet
  2. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Garden of Love Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    710 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 118th 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.