3rd Avenue & East 128th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 128th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. King's Academy is 180 feet away, and the Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 firehouse is 1,130 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 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
E 128 St/3 Av · M125
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,260 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, 170 feet away, for the M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue and East 128th Street.

  • 7 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
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at 2nd Avenue & Harlem River Drive, 820 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 367 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. King's Academy School
    180 feet
  2. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    370 feet
  3. P.S. 138 School
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    370 feet
  2. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    880 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,300 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem River Park
    40 feet
  2. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    230 feet
  3. Crack Is Wack Playground
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Triboro Plaza
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 125th Street Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. True Church of God House of worship
    170 feet
  2. United Moravian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  3. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    460 feet
  2. Robinson Community Center
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.