3rd Avenue & East 119th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 119th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, and is also named Matthew Rivera Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 583 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. La Casita is 320 feet away, and Papo's Garden is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
3 Av/E 118 St · M101, M103
Within a walk
35 places
19 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    1,280 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Everything There Is A Season” (2005) by Robert Blackburn at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 118 St, 120 feet away, for the M101 and M103.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 118 St M101, M103
    120 feet
    M101 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M103 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue and East 119th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 118 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at East 127th Street & Harlem River Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 583 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,100th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 82 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
14 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Matthew Rivera Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Matthew Rivera Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 119th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 119th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114225 and 114419.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1895.

  1. Harlem Courthouse Designated landmark
    480 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at East Harlem Artpark.

  1. Growth Sculpture by Jorge Luis Rodríguez, 1985
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine LC of 3rd Ave Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool
    390 feet
  3. P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta School
    550 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Casita Garden
    320 feet
  2. Papo's Garden
    370 feet
  3. Harlem Art Park
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. Olga's El Gallo Community Garden
    770 feet
  2. Corozal Family Garden
    870 feet
  3. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground
    1,080 feet
  4. Wagner Playground
    1,120 feet
  5. Diamante Garden / Dimantis Garden
    1,140 feet
  6. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. Life Spire Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rehoboth Christian Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. God 3 Ave Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Elmendorf Reformed Church Listed historic place
    660 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bethel Church of Christ House of worship
    720 feet
  2. First Spanish Baptist 116 St Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  4. Capila Evangelica Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  5. Pentecostal Missionary Church Christ the King House of worship
    1,100 feet
  6. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  7. First Sharon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  8. Chambers Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. 25th Precinct Police station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    390 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 119th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.