5th Avenue & West 137th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and West 137th Street is in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Democracy Preparatory Charter School is 450 feet away, and Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about six 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 ten places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
5 Av/W 137 St · M1
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & West 137th 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 six 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/W 137 St, 150 feet away, for the M1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 137 St M1
    150 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & 5 Ave 22 docks in all
    260 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 137th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 137th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Doctor plates only 8 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    450 feet
  3. St Mark the Evangelist School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Global Community Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Bennett Playground
    520 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    600 feet
  3. William McCray Playground
    710 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    710 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    420 feet
  2. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
  3. Hansborough Recreation Center
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or West 137th 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.