St Nicholas Avenue & West 128th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 128th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. William B. Washington Memorial Garden is 500 feet away, and Hancock Park is 1,250 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 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    330 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
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 32 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
    540 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
    0.3 miles
  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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 9AM-9PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Teachers College Community School
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    950 feet
  2. Saint Nicholas Child care
    1,230 feet
  3. New Design Middle School
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,260 feet
  5. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    70 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    350 feet
  3. St Nicholas Park Playground
    430 feet
Show all 8
  1. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    500 feet
  2. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. CEP Community Garden
    850 feet
  4. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Hancock Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument Monument or memorial
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 128th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.