St Nicholas Avenue & West 129th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 129th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Park is 50 feet away, and Langston Hughes Playground is 1,080 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 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 130 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    590 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 130 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 130 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 129 St 27 docks in all
    400 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1953.

Since 2014 at least 201 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 129th Street

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

South side of West 129th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Saint Nicholas Child care
    960 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Teachers College Community School
    1,180 feet
  4. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    50 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    190 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    620 feet
Show all 9
  1. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    760 feet
  2. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    880 feet
  3. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    890 feet
  4. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,080 feet
  5. CEP Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,120 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 129th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.