St Nicholas Avenue & West 148th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 148th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Donnellan Square is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
130 feet · 1 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 148 St · M3
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 130 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
    130 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. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 145 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 148 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 148 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 150 St 26 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1901 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 221 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1898.

  1. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,080 feet
  3. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Donnellan Square
    370 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Garden
    390 feet
  3. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    430 feet
Show all 8
  1. Edgecombe Park
    430 feet
  2. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    430 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    850 feet
  4. Convent Garden
    860 feet
  5. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    830 feet
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  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    740 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Landmark
    980 feet
  3. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 148th 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.