5th Avenue & 130th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 130th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Courtney Callender Playground is 60 feet away, and Kelly Temple God Christ Church is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/W 130 St · M1
Within a walk
43 places
20 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 130th 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 nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  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. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 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, 110 feet away, for the M1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.3 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 130th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 130th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 5 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. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    310 feet
  2. Fellowship of Learning School
    360 feet
  3. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Harlem Renaissance High School
    910 feet
  4. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Courtney Callender Playground
    60 feet
  2. Moore Playground
    330 feet
  3. Harlem Rose Garden
    440 feet
Show all 9
  1. Collyer Brothers Park
    540 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    660 feet
  3. Unity Park Garden
    970 feet
  4. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    1,090 feet
  6. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,130 feet
  2. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    250 feet
  3. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    290 feet
Show all 12
  1. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    350 feet
  2. The Church of the People House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    480 feet
  4. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    480 feet
  5. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    540 feet
  6. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    710 feet
  7. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,020 feet
  8. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  9. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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