St Nicholas Avenue & West 119th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 119th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St · M10
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    1,190 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. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St, 370 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 119 St M10
    370 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 119th Street.

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1890.

  1. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    290 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    400 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    530 feet
Show all 9
  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    750 feet
  4. New York French-American Charter School
    810 feet
  5. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    960 feet
  6. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    460 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    520 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    720 feet
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  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Samuel Marx Triangle
    1,270 feet
  4. Hancock Park
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 119th 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.