St Nicholas Avenue & West 160th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Washington Heights Library is 110 feet away, and Wright Brothers Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
310 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 161 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
30 places
6 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    310 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    1,320 feet
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 161 St, 430 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 161 St M3, M100, M101 · Shelter
    430 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

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 160th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 160 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
162 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 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 1909 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

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

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 160th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    330 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    360 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,040 feet
  3. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    300 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    530 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    830 feet
  2. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    940 feet
  3. Bushman Steps Park
    960 feet
  4. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,130 feet
  5. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    1,150 feet
  6. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    110 feet
  2. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 160th 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.