St Nicholas Avenue & West 139th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 139th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Park is 50 feet away, and Shepard Hall (Main Building) stands 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    590 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 139 St, 110 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St M3 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 23 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
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 133 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    890 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    890 feet
  3. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mott Hall High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    50 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    290 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    930 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    430 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    630 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 139th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.