St Nicholas Avenue & West 138th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 138th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grace Congregational Church Harlem is 480 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 24 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 138 St · M3
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 320 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
    320 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
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 138 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 138 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 11 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.9 miles 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

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)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 124 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 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

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 172 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. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    850 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    850 feet
  3. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    1,100 feet
  2. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    60 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    320 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    660 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    480 feet
  3. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 138th 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.