5th Avenue & 129th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 129th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, and is also named Ann Petry Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Harlem Rose Garden is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/W 130 St · M1
Within a walk
46 places
21 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    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. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 130 St, 170 feet away, for the M1.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 130 St M1
    170 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & W 131 St 20 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Turn calming, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ann Petry Place, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ann Petry Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of 129th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 129th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 30 Individual Landmarks, and 32 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

  1. Saint Andrew's Church Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    570 feet
  2. Fellowship of Learning School
    620 feet
  3. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    650 feet
Show all 11
  1. Harlem Renaissance High School
    650 feet
  2. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    650 feet
  3. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  4. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,170 feet
  6. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,170 feet
  7. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    1,280 feet
  8. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Rose Garden
    170 feet
  2. Collyer Brothers Park
    280 feet
  3. Courtney Callender Playground
    310 feet
Show all 9
  1. Moore Playground
    590 feet
  2. Unity Park Garden
    720 feet
  3. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    770 feet
  4. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    830 feet
  5. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    920 feet
  6. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    870 feet
  3. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    260 feet
  3. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    290 feet
Show all 12
  1. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. The Church of the People House of worship
    510 feet
  4. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    610 feet
  5. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    630 feet
  6. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  7. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    760 feet
  8. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  9. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 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, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.