St Nicholas Avenue & West 137th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 137th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St · M3
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 137th 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
  • 4 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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St, 70 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 137 St 21 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 168 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1897.

  1. New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    590 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    590 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    60 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    60 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    520 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    810 feet
  3. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    270 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    840 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 137th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.