St Nicholas Avenue & West 122nd Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 122nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church stands 180 feet away, built in 1897, and Mott Hall II is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St · M10
Within a walk
36 places
9 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    860 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 121 St, 360 feet away, for the M10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave 31 docks in all
    520 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
    1,320 feet
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1897.

  1. Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church Designated landmark
    180 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
    90 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    860 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mott Hall II School
    980 feet
  2. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    980 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,030 feet
  4. P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    240 feet
  2. Hancock Park
    390 feet
  3. Five Star Gardens Garden
    610 feet
Show all 13
  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    710 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    840 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    890 feet
  4. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    980 feet
  5. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  6. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  7. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,170 feet
  8. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,260 feet
  9. CEP Community Garden
    1,260 feet
  10. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    550 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,020 feet
  2. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,070 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    860 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 122nd 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.