St Nicholas Avenue & West 135th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 135th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mott Hall High School is 310 feet away, and New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School stands 700 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 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St · M3
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 60 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
    60 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St, 30 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St M3 · Shelter
    30 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 134 St 27 docks in all
    350 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
    0.7 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
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 88 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1897.

  1. New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    310 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    310 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    800 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    1,270 feet
  4. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    1,270 feet
  5. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    60 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    370 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    470 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Historic site
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    660 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 135th 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.