West 150th Street & St Nicholas Place

West 150th Street and St Nicholas Place meet at a five-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Donnellan Square is 30 feet away, and Carmansville Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 150th Street & St Nicholas Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    650 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. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St, 150 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St M3 · Shelter
    150 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Donnellon Square and St Nicholas Place.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 150 St 26 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1903 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 150th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 191 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1905.

  1. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Donnellan Square
    30 feet
  2. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    280 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    280 feet
Show all 13
  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    320 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Garden
    410 feet
  3. Convent Garden
    430 feet
  4. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    550 feet
  5. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature · landmark
    810 feet
  6. William A. Harris Garden
    960 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    1,030 feet
  8. Carmansville Playground
    1,090 feet
  9. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,100 feet
  10. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    110 feet
  3. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    590 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    830 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Donnellon Square, St Nicholas Place or West 150th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.