3rd Avenue & East 122nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 122nd Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, and is also named Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethel Church of Christ is 100 feet away, and El Barrio Garden of Angels is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
3 Av/E 121 St · M101, M103
Within a walk
42 places
17 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,280 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 6
    0.4 miles
    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 3 Av/E 121 St, 310 feet away, for the M101 and M103.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 121 St M101, M103
    310 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.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 123 St & Lexington Ave 27 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at East 127th Street & Harlem River Drive, 0.4 miles 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
    1,150 feet

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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
13 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1970 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 54 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of East 122nd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 122nd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109198 and 112876.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1904.

  1. Harlem Courthouse Designated landmark
    390 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
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool
    400 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of 3rd Ave Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. Harlem Prep Charter School
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Touro University - Harlem College
    700 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School IV School
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    910 feet
  4. P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta School
    960 feet
  5. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground
    300 feet
  2. Life Spire Garden
    500 feet
  3. Harlem Art Park
    570 feet
Show all 10
  1. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    820 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. La Casita Garden
    950 feet
  4. Detective Omar Edwards Park
    960 feet
  5. Carver Community Garden
    960 feet
  6. Wagner Playground
    970 feet
  7. Papo's Garden
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    1,220 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 125th Street Library Landmark
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Church of Christ House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Elmendorf Reformed Church Listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Chambers Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. Manhattan Spanish Church 7 Day Adventist House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Rehoboth Christian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. United Moravian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    800 feet
  2. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    640 feet
  2. Police Service Area #5 Police station
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    410 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 122nd 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, 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.