5th Avenue & 115th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 115th Street is in Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Taft development, and is also named Ruby Kitchen Bradley 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. Kings Towers Community Center is 250 feet away, and the Engine 58/Ladder 26 firehouse is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/W 116 St · M1
Within a walk
28 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    1,290 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. 116 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Minton's Playhouse (uptown), The Movers and Shakers (downtown)” (1999) by Vincent Smith at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 116 St, 180 feet away, for the M1.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 116 St M1
    180 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 115 St & Madison Ave 31 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
8 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
23 and 25 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ruby Kitchen Bradley Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Taft development.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ruby Kitchen Bradley Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 73 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 115th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of 115th Street

  • Back-in parking only 13 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Cooke School and Institute School
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Harlem Academy School
    1,030 feet
  4. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  5. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    1,230 feet
  6. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Cuevita Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Peaceful Valley Garden
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kings Towers Community Center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1428 5th Avenue Older adult center
    610 feet
  3. Community center at Taft Community center
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 58/Ladder 26 Fire station
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.