Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 115th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Samuel Marx Triangle is 60 feet away, and Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St · M2
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    1,100 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 2, 3
    1,170 feet
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St, 410 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St M2 · Shelter
    410 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 115 St 22 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114668.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italian Renaissance and Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1895 and 1913.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    400 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    400 feet
  3. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    400 feet
Show all 7
  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Opportunity Charter School
    1,060 feet
  3. STEM Institute of Manhattan School
    1,060 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    490 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    800 feet
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Garden of Love Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Electric Ladybug Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    230 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    270 feet
Show all 5
  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    670 feet
  2. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 115th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.