St Nicholas Avenue & West 152nd Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 152nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wilson Major Morris Community Center stands 260 feet away, and P.S. 028 Wright Brothers is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St · M3
Within a walk
38 places
14 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    810 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. C …
Downtown
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,190 feet
    A B C D
  2. 155 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St, 170 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 27 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
    310 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
    450 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
118 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1906 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and March 2022, 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 152nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 152nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 157 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1906.

  1. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Convent Garden
    130 feet
  2. William A. Harris Garden
    330 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    520 feet
Show all 13
  1. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    390 feet
  2. Donnellan Square
    570 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    920 feet
  4. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    920 feet
  5. Highbridge Park
    950 feet
  6. Jackie Robinson Park
    960 feet
  7. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,040 feet
  8. Sugar Hill Garden
    1,050 feet
  9. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,140 feet
  10. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,000 feet
  2. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    480 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    850 feet
  3. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    910 feet
  4. Temple Convenant House of worship
    940 feet
  5. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    1,090 feet
  6. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  7. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 152nd 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.