St Nicholas Avenue & West 158th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 158th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments, stands 520 feet away, and Fort Washington Post Office is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 158 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
36 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 158th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    790 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
    850 feet
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 158 St, 340 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 158 St M3, M100, M101
    340 feet
    M3 M100 M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue and West 158th Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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 3,200 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 1907 and 1925.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 158th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 158th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1891.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    860 feet
  2. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,040 feet
  4. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    350 feet
  2. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    410 feet
  3. Bushman Steps Park
    430 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    570 feet
  2. Wright Brothers Playground
    590 feet
  3. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    620 feet
  4. Roger Morris Park
    830 feet
  5. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  6. William A. Harris Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Washington Heights Library
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet
  5. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    570 feet
  3. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    500 feet
  3. Fort Washington Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 158th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.