5th Avenue & 111th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 111th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, and is also named 111th Street Old Timers Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Academy is 260 feet away, and the Engine 58/Ladder 26 firehouse is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/W 112 St · M1
Within a walk
34 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 gardens and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    1,100 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Message from Malcolm” (1998) by Maren Hassinger at the 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 112 St, 170 feet away, for the M1.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 112 St M1
    170 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 111th Street and 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 111 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
23 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: 111th Street Old Timers Way (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018) and Franklin H. Williams Street (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 1954 and 1989.

Since 2014 at least 363 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 111th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 111th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 community centers
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Harlem Academy School
    260 feet
Show all 12
  1. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  3. Harlem Link Charter School
    610 feet
  4. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    820 feet
  5. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    840 feet
  6. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    840 feet
  7. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  8. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,240 feet
  9. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    560 feet
  3. Bernard Family Playground
    730 feet
Show all 11
  1. Pueblo Unido Garden
    620 feet
  2. Mission Garden
    680 feet
  3. Pa'lante Community Garden
    770 feet
  4. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  5. East 110th Street Playground
    860 feet
  6. Villa Santurce Garden
    890 feet
  7. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
  8. Villa Santruce Garden
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    820 feet
  2. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    930 feet
  2. Kings Towers Community Center
    960 feet
  3. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  2. Community center at Taft Community center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 58/Ladder 26 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.