St Nicholas Avenue & West 120th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Five Star Gardens is 220 feet away, and Hancock Park is 1,000 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 33 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St · M10
Within a walk
33 places
13 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,300 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
    1,300 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 121 St, 310 feet away, for the M10.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St M10
    310 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 120th Street.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 117 St 39 docks in all
    980 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, Queen Anne and Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1883 and 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Harriet Tubman Plaza.

  1. Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture by Alison Saar, 2008
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    410 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    440 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York French-American Charter School
    500 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    630 feet
  4. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    860 feet
  5. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  6. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    220 feet
  2. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    770 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    1,000 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,020 feet
  4. Morningside Park
    1,170 feet
  5. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,040 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 120th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.