5th Avenue & Frawley Circle

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Frawley Circle is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “Duke Ellington Memorial” is 110 feet away, and East 110th Street Playground is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, seven of them park features, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/E 109 St · M1, M2
Within a walk
37 places
7 park features, 6 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Frawley Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 1,220 feet 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
    1,220 feet
    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, 50 feet away, for the M1 and M2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 109 St M1, M2
    50 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

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and Frawley Circle.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 111 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    400 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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of Frawley Circle

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Frawley Circle

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Frawley Circle

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Frawley Circle

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Harlem Academy School
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    930 feet
  4. Harlem Link Charter School
    980 feet
  5. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,150 feet
  6. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    1,200 feet
  7. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Bernard Family Playground
    360 feet
  3. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
Show all 17
  1. Pa'lante Community Garden
    620 feet
  2. East 110th Street Playground
    720 feet
  3. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet
  4. Pueblo Unido Garden
    740 feet
  5. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    880 feet
  6. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  7. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  8. Mission Garden
    1,000 feet
  9. Peter Minuit Playground
    1,120 feet
  10. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  11. Villa Santurce Garden
    1,210 feet
  12. Nutters Battery in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet
  13. McGowans Pass in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet
  14. Villa Santruce Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. Lehman Community Center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 58/Ladder 26 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Frawley Circle.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, 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.