West 129th Street & St Nicholas Terrace

West 129th Street and St Nicholas Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden is 840 feet away, and Clayton Williams Community Garden is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Convent Av/W 129 St · M104
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 129th Street & St Nicholas Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    730 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. 125 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Convent Av/W 129 St, 590 feet away, for the M104.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Convent Av/W 129 St M104
    590 feet
    M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 129 St & Convent Ave 30 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.7 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1932.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 125 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    800 feet
  2. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    800 feet
  3. Teachers College Community School
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    1,160 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    50 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    60 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    980 feet
  2. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Sheltering Arms Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas Terrace or West 129th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.