1st Avenue & East 125th Street

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and East 125th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Triboro Plaza is 50 feet away, and the 125th Street Library is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1957, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 125 St/1 Av · M125
Within a walk
18 places
6 parks, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 125th 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 seven 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 E 125 St/1 Av, 50 feet away, for the M125.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 125 St/1 Av M125
    50 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Willis Avenue Bridge & 1st Avenue at East 125th Street, 60 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 in 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 4:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 4:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of East 125th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 4:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 125th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    1,310 feet
  2. River East Elementary School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triboro Plaza
    50 feet
  2. Louis Cuvillier Park
    120 feet
  3. Wagner Houses Pool Park
    240 feet
Show all 9
  1. Othmar Ammann Playground
    540 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    610 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    670 feet
  4. Crack Is Wack Playground
    960 feet
  5. Carver Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Detective Omar Edwards Park
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 125th Street Library
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Spanish Church 7 Day Adventist House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wagner Pool Swimming pool
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 125th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.