St Nicholas Avenue & West 151st Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 151st 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 Northwest Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Donnellan Square is 310 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 36 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St · M3
Within a walk
36 places
13 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 151st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    930 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
    1,070 feet
    C
  2. 155 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St, 120 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St M3
    120 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 151st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Convent Ave & W 151 St 24 docks in all
    180 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
    190 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1905 and 1922.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 151st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 151st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 178 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1906.

  1. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    900 feet
  3. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Convent Garden
    60 feet
  2. Donnellan Square
    310 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    660 feet
Show all 14
  1. William A. Harris Garden
    590 feet
  2. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    660 feet
  3. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    660 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    700 feet
  5. Carmansville Playground
    720 feet
  6. Sugar Hill Garden
    780 feet
  7. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    920 feet
  8. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,020 feet
  9. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  10. Highbridge Park
    1,220 feet
  11. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    830 feet
  2. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    1,110 feet
  4. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  5. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 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 16 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 151st 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.