1st Avenue & East 119th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 119th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Emanuel Baptist Church is 440 feet away, and Village Academy Charter High School is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 120 St, is 420 feet away for the M15, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them gardens, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Harlem River Drive
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
1 Av/E 120 St · M15
Within a walk
31 places
8 gardens, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 120 St, 420 feet away, for the M15.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 120 St M15
    420 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue and East 119th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 118 St 24 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive at 1st Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2322 1st Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 232 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 119th Street

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

South side of East 119th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Wagner Playground.

  1. Senator Robert F. Wagner Bust by Georg John Lober, 1959
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    600 feet
  2. River East Elementary School
    600 feet
  3. Village Academy Charter High School
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 155 William Paca School
    870 feet
  3. Renaissance School of the Arts School
    870 feet
  4. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  5. P.S. 206 Jose Celso Barbosa School
    1,270 feet
  6. P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 155 Playground
    430 feet
  2. El Barrio Community Garden
    610 feet
  3. Home Depot Children's Garden
    690 feet
Show all 11
  1. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    780 feet
  2. Diamante Garden / Dimantis Garden
    810 feet
  3. East Harlem Community Garden
    810 feet
  4. Wagner Playground
    900 feet
  5. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    1,050 feet
  6. Papo's Garden
    1,150 feet
  7. La Casita Garden
    1,190 feet
  8. Louis Cuvillier Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wagner Community Center
    960 feet
  2. Older adult center at 435 East 120th Street Older adult center
    960 feet
  3. Community center at Corsi Houses Community center
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 307 East 116th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,310 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 119th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.