St Nicholas Avenue & West 145th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 91 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A, B, C and D.

Safety record
48 hurt
91 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 145 St/Saint Nicholas Av · Bx19
Within a walk
32 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    80 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. 145 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 145 St/Saint Nicholas Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 145 St/Saint Nicholas Av Bx19
    60 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 145 St 31 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.3 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 91 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 48 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,700 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 1900 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 145th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 145th Street (south side).

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111854 and 114326.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 265 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

  1. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    280 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    450 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    910 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    350 feet
  2. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    980 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Donnellan Square
    1,170 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    1,230 feet
  4. Edgecombe Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. St Pauls Community Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  4. Union Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    450 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    650 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Landmark
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    580 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 145th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.