3rd Avenue Bridge & East 128th Street

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue Bridge and East 128th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Alice Kornegay Triangle is 190 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 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1980 and 2019, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
125 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
E 128 St/3 Av · M125
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,210 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, 210 feet away, for the M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 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
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at 2nd Avenue & Harlem River Drive, 860 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

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)

The streets

  • Up to two 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. King's Academy School
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    330 feet
  3. P.S. 138 School
    330 feet
Show all 8
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    330 feet
  2. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    920 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,260 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem River Park
    40 feet
  2. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    190 feet
  3. Crack Is Wack Playground
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 125th Street Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. True Church of God House of worship
    190 feet
  2. United Moravian Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet
  2. Robinson Community Center
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 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 12 places to eat and five 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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