5th Avenue & 138th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 138th Street is in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 460 feet away, and St Mark the Evangelist School is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
5 Av/E 138 St · M1
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.3 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. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 138 St, 70 feet away, for the M1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 138 St M1 · Shelter
    70 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & 5 Ave 22 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2000
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1970.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 138th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 138th Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    710 feet
  3. St Mark the Evangelist School
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Global Community Charter School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William McCray Playground
    460 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    770 feet
  3. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    860 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    460 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    180 feet
  2. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,060 feet
  3. Hansborough Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six 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, seven 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.