St Nicholas Avenue & West 166th Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 166th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Rafael "Bullumba" Landestoy Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Rose of Lima Church is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
W 166 St/Saint Nicholas Av · M2, M3
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    470 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
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 166 St/Saint Nicholas Av, 90 feet away, for the M2 and M3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 166 St/Saint Nicholas Av M2, M3
    90 feet
    M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 168 St 31 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Fort Washington Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
168 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rafael "Bullumba" Landestoy Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1910 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rafael "Bullumba" Landestoy Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 166th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 166th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113084 and 113085.

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
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    770 feet
  2. Castle Bridge School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,230 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mitchel Square
    50 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    410 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Highbridge Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Fort Washington Avenue (22nd Corps of Engineers) Armory Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    480 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 22 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 166th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.