5th Avenue & 135th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 135th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 66 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,139 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Abraham Lincoln Playground is 60 feet away, and Courtney Callender Playground is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them playgrounds, and five places to eat.

Safety record
50 hurt
66 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
W 135 St/5 Av · Bx33
Within a walk
20 places
4 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    1,030 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/5 Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/5 Av Bx33
    120 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 135 St 21 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. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 66 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 49 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,139 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 399th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,179 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on 5th Avenue1,782935
Eastbound on 135th Street357244
Total2,1391,179

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1947 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 135th Street

  • Doctor plates only 5 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 135th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

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

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110763 and 114131.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    310 feet
  3. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    60 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    350 feet
  3. Courtney Callender Playground
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. William McCray Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    810 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    860 feet
  3. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    270 feet
  2. Hansborough Recreation Center
    500 feet
  3. Older adult center at 34 West 134th Street Older adult center
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Community center at Lincoln Community center
    940 feet
  2. Lincolnton Post Office
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

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