St Nicholas Avenue & West 191st Street

St Nicholas Avenue and West 191st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Anargyri Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St · M3
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Nicholas Avenue & West 191st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 191 St 1
    120 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Dyckman St 1
    0.5 miles
    1
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St, 290 feet away, for the M3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 192 St M3
    290 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Nicholas Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 190 St & St Nicholas Ave 28 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
219 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1917 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of West 191st Street

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

South side of West 191st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112259, 114154 and 114482.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Equity Project Charter School (The) School
    1,000 feet
  2. High School for Health Careers and Sciences School
    1,120 feet
  3. High School for Law and Public Service School
    1,120 feet
Show all 7
  1. High School for Media and Communications School
    1,120 feet
  2. The College Academy School
    1,120 feet
  3. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  4. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amelia Gorman Park
    940 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ft George Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Avenue or West 191st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.