St Nicholas Avenue & West 136th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 136th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 339 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park is 340 feet away, and James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St · M3
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 280 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
    280 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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St, 240 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St M3
    240 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 137 St 21 docks in all
    270 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. 228 West 145th Street 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 339 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,407th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 176 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 1,500 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 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2023, 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 124 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1897.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    330 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    330 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    50 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    100 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    340 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    360 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    930 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    380 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 136th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.