5th Avenue & East 109th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 109th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, and is also named Isaac “Fatman Scoop” Freeman III Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and Harlem Meer in Central Park is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and seven places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
5 Av/E 109 St · M1, M2
Within a walk
32 places
6 park features, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Message from Malcolm” (1998) by Maren Hassinger at the 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 109 St, 140 feet away, for the M1 and M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 109 St M1, M2
    140 feet
    M1 M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …

Live arrivals

A lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, runs along 5th Avenue, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 111 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 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, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
6 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Isaac “Fatman Scoop” Freeman III Place, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two 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 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Isaac “Fatman Scoop” Freeman III Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 109th Street

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

South side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    270 feet
  2. McGown's Pass Cannons Artillery, 1906
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 park features
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harlem Academy School
    790 feet
  2. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  4. Harlem Link Charter School
    1,140 feet
  5. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Bernard Family Playground
    200 feet
  3. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
Show all 14
  1. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    610 feet
  2. Pa'lante Community Garden
    770 feet
  3. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  4. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  5. East 110th Street Playground
    880 feet
  6. Pueblo Unido Garden
    900 feet
  7. Peter Minuit Playground
    960 feet
  8. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    970 feet
  9. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    1,040 feet
  10. McGowans Pass in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  11. Mission Garden
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    270 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    1,160 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    860 feet
  3. Lehman Community Center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 109th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.