St Nicholas Avenue & West 140th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 140th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground is 80 feet away, and Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three 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 six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    850 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
    1,300 feet
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St, 180 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 141 St 21 docks in all
    490 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 2020, 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 are two Individual Landmarks, and 146 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1898.

  1. The Grange Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. St. James Community House Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    530 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
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    670 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    670 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,260 feet
  2. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    70 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    80 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,180 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    370 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  4. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  5. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 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 six places to eat and six 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 140th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.