5th Avenue & West 141st Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and West 141st Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
5 Av/W 138 St · M1
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & West 141st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Harlem
1 line
  1. 3 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    4 5
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “PARADE” (2018) by Derek Fordjour at the 145 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 138 St, 580 feet away, for the M1.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 138 St M1 · Shelter
    580 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & W 139 St 20 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 700 feet 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

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)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,800 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 1959 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of West 141st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 141st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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, recorded as Art Deco, and built between 1921 and 1924.

  1. 369th Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 369th Regiment Armory.

  1. 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial Obelisk, 2006
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Global Community Charter School
    240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    610 feet
  2. William McCray Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or West 141st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.