West 128th Street & St Nicholas Terrace

West 128th Street and St Nicholas Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Park is 40 feet away, and Sheltering Arms Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St · M3
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 128th Street & St Nicholas Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    470 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St, 340 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 128 St M3
    340 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 126 St 50 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1926.

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Rundbogenstil, and built in 1860.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Community School
    690 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    1,060 feet
  2. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    40 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    320 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    720 feet
  2. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    850 feet
  3. CEP Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,150 feet
  5. Sheltering Arms Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    810 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,080 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Terrace or West 128th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, 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.