St Nicholas Avenue & West 155th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) stands 160 feet away, and Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about a minute on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
W 155 St/Edgecombe Av · Bx6
Within a walk
37 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 155th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 155 St/Edgecombe Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 155 St/Edgecombe Av Bx6 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Bx6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 155 St 23 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
7 and 9 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
30 and 33 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,800 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 1907 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 155th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 155th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111122.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 93 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1881 and 1970.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    450 feet
  3. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    1,180 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,230 feet
  4. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    130 feet
  2. Wright Brothers Playground
    210 feet
  3. William A. Harris Garden
    400 feet
Show all 11
  1. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    500 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    570 feet
  3. Bushman Steps Park
    660 feet
  4. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    680 feet
  5. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    840 feet
  6. Convent Garden
    950 feet
  7. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet
  8. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    470 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    750 feet
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  1. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  5. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  6. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,220 feet
  7. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  8. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 155th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.