St Nicholas Avenue & West 157th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 157th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 158 St · M2
Within a walk
36 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 157th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    520 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
    1,120 feet
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    1,160 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edgecombe Av/W 158 St, 420 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 158 St M2 · Shelter
    420 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 157 St 20 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. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
151 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 1907 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

North side of West 157th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 157th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111122.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1901.

  1. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    970 feet
  3. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,130 feet
  4. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushman Steps Park
    160 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    300 feet
  3. Wright Brothers Playground
    320 feet
Show all 10
  1. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    350 feet
  2. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    350 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    840 feet
  4. William A. Harris Garden
    960 feet
  5. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,090 feet
  6. Roger Morris Park
    1,100 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. Washington Heights Library
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    980 feet
  2. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    300 feet
  2. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    580 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    770 feet
  3. Fort Washington Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 157th 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, 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.