St Nicholas Avenue & West 141st Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 141st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. James Community House stands 150 feet away, and Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St · M3
Within a walk
24 places
12 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 141st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,030 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 135 St B, C
    1,120 feet
    B C
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St M3
    50 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 141 St 21 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 16 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26 and 30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,800 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 21 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 150 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1902.

  1. St. James Community House Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    710 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    710 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,000 feet
  2. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    60 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    280 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    150 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    510 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Grace Congregational Church Harlem House of worship
    910 feet
  3. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  4. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  5. Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 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 141st 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.