St Nicholas Avenue & West 121st Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 121st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Michael Lancaster Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St · M10
Within a walk
34 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,170 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St, 60 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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

This corner is also named Michael Lancaster Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

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.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Michael Lancaster Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Washington Apartments 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
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    600 feet
  3. Mott Hall II School
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    720 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    730 feet
  4. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,120 feet
  5. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,130 feet
  6. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Five Star Gardens Garden
    300 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    400 feet
  3. Hancock Park
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    810 feet
  2. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    870 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    990 feet
  4. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. Playground 123 Playground
    1,200 feet
  6. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    730 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    780 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    990 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 121st 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 Records, 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.