St Nicholas Avenue & West 123rd Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 123rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Ossie Davis Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Harriet Tubman Memorial” is 390 feet away, and Rescue Baptist Church is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St · M10
Within a walk
42 places
12 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    560 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St, 390 feet away, for the M10.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 123 St M10
    390 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 27 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
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,010 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
26 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Ossie Davis Way (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018) and Ruby Dee Place (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

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 March 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign 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
    360 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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. New York French-American Charter School
    1,070 feet
  3. Columbia Secondary School
    1,110 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,110 feet
  3. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  4. Mott Hall II School
    1,280 feet
  5. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Park
    80 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    540 feet
  3. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    670 feet
Show all 13
  1. Morningside Park
    680 feet
  2. Playground 123 Playground
    770 feet
  3. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    810 feet
  4. Roosevelt Triangle
    870 feet
  5. Five Star Gardens Garden
    910 feet
  6. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    970 feet
  7. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    980 feet
  8. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,110 feet
  9. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  10. CEP Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    130 feet
  2. Manhattan Ave. W. 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    240 feet
  2. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    760 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    790 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    280 feet
  2. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    550 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 123rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.