1st Avenue & East 124th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 124th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Wagner development. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wagner Houses Pool is 70 feet away, and Chambers Memorial Baptist Church is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them parks, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
1 Av/Paladino Av · M15, M116
Within a walk
20 places
6 parks, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Open Secret” (1986) by Houston Conwill and “Polyrhythmics of Consciousness and Light” (2003) by Valerie Maynard at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/Paladino Av, 250 feet away, for the M15 and M116.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/Paladino Av M15, M116
    250 feet
    M15 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M116 …

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 124th Street.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 2 Ave & E 125 St 30 docks in all
    1,060 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive at 1st Avenue, 220 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2449 2nd Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 in 1957.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Wagner development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 124th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 124th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    930 feet
  2. River East Elementary School
    930 feet
  3. Touro University - Harlem College
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem Prep Charter School
    1,240 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School IV School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Louis Cuvillier Park
    60 feet
  2. Wagner Houses Pool Park
    70 feet
  3. Triboro Plaza
    230 feet
Show all 8
  1. Othmar Ammann Playground
    380 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    700 feet
  3. Carver Community Garden
    910 feet
  4. Harlem River Park
    990 feet
  5. Detective Omar Edwards Park
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Spanish Church 7 Day Adventist House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Chambers Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wagner Pool Swimming pool
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 124th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.