St Nicholas Avenue & West 127th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden is 90 feet away, and New Design Middle School is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 127 St · M3
Within a walk
32 places
10 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    70 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. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 127 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 127 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 126 St 50 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26 and 28 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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.

Since 2014 at least 241 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 127th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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, and built between 1860 and 1914.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roosevelt Triangle.

  1. Harlem Hybrid Sculpture by Richard Howard Hunt, 1976
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Community School
    660 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. New Design Middle School
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,030 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Saint Nicholas Child care
    1,060 feet
  4. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    1,210 feet
  5. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    90 feet
  2. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    230 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    290 feet
Show all 9
  1. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. CEP Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. St Nicholas Park Playground
    700 feet
  4. Hancock Park
    990 feet
  5. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,060 feet
  6. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,030 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    740 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    910 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    990 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    590 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 127th 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, NYCHA, 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.