St Nicholas Avenue & West 165th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Dioris Valladares Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Post Office is 240 feet away, and the Engine 84/Ladder 34 firehouse is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 165 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    860 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,010 feet
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 165 St, 160 feet away, for the M3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 165 St M3
    160 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 165 St 24 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
164 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dioris Valladares Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

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 1910 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dioris Valladares Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 165th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 165th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mitchel Square.

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    460 feet
  2. Community Math & Science Prep School
    1,020 feet
  3. The Mott Hall School
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Castle Bridge School
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    1,170 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKenna Square
    40 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    440 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. Adventure Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 165th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.