Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Percy E. Sutton Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St · M2
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St, 240 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St M2
    240 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A link between bike routes runs on Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 151 St 18 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1929 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1936 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    30 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    120 feet
  3. Frederick Johnson Playground
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Holcombe Rucker Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Macombs Dam Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macomb's Bridge Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Yankee Stadium Ferry Landing
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.