St Nicholas Avenue & West 134th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 134th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New Hope SDA Church is 620 feet away, and St Marks Methodist Church is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St · M3
Within a walk
24 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 134th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    260 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
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St, 250 feet away, for the M3.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St M3
    250 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 20 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 38 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne, and mostly built in 1886.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    590 feet
  3. Mott Hall High School
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    980 feet
  4. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    980 feet
  5. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    1,090 feet
  6. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,260 feet
  7. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    60 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    360 feet
  3. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dorrance Brooks Square
    670 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 134th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.