Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & Macombs Place

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and Macombs Place meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle is 260 feet away, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St · M2
Within a walk
15 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & Macombs Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    1,290 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St, 250 feet away, for the M2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St M2
    250 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd 31 docks in all
    820 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 crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2016.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Macombs Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    240 feet
  2. Holcombe Rucker Park
    240 feet
  3. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    260 feet
Show all 8
  1. Rucker Park Playground
    590 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,180 feet
  5. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macomb's Bridge Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    440 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or Macombs Place.

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