St Nicholas Avenue & West 133rd Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 133rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight 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 Dorrance Brooks Square is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 133 St · M3
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 133rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    520 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 133 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 133 St M3
    50 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 134 St 27 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
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)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 145 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 2 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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 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 24 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mott Hall High School
    860 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    950 feet
  4. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    950 feet
  5. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  6. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  7. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    50 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    90 feet
  3. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dorrance Brooks Square
    930 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 133rd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.