3rd Avenue & 3rd Avenue-East 128th Street Pedestrian Overpass

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Avenue-East 128th Street Pedestrian Overpass is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. True Church of God is 90 feet away, and Detective Omar Edwards Park is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
E 128 St/3 Av · M125
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 3rd Avenue-East 128th Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,130 feet
    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 128 St/3 Av, 310 feet away, for the M125.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 128 St/3 Av M125
    310 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 128 St & 3 Ave 19 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at 2nd Avenue & Harlem River Drive, 950 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

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)

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1980 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 401 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Crack Is Wack Mural by Keith Haring, 1986
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. King's Academy School
    110 feet
  2. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  3. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 138 School
    500 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    500 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem River Park
    170 feet
  2. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    360 feet
  3. Crack Is Wack Playground
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Triboro Plaza
    1,180 feet
  2. Detective Omar Edwards Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East Harlem Mecc Public space
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 125th Street Library
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. True Church of God House of worship
    90 feet
  2. United Moravian Church House of worship
    210 feet
  3. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chambers Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    320 feet
  2. Robinson Community Center
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 3rd Avenue-East 128th Street Pedestrian Overpass.

Sources: 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.