St Nicholas Avenue & West 150th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 150th 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 Extension. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Edgecombe Park is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St · M3
Within a walk
32 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    660 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
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St M3 · Shelter
    50 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
103 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1903 and 1922.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 193 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1905.

  1. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,030 feet
  3. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Donnellan Square
    50 feet
  2. Convent Garden
    330 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    390 feet
Show all 13
  1. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    390 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    430 feet
  3. Sugar Hill Garden
    520 feet
  4. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    660 feet
  5. William A. Harris Garden
    860 feet
  6. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    920 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    920 feet
  8. Carmansville Playground
    980 feet
  9. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    990 feet
  10. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    20 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    220 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    730 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 150th 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.