Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 116th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Dr. Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 52 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Graham Court Apartments, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
45 hurt
52 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St · M2
Within a walk
31 places
14 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    820 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
    910 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, 130 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 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
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 52 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 45 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Turn calming, August 2020

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

This corner is also named Dr. Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker Square, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2006 (Local Law 23 of 2006).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,600 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 1925.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 116th Street (north side).

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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 116th Street

  • Metered parking 13 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111442, 111686 and 114668.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 49 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    690 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    690 feet
  2. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,230 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    220 feet
  2. Samuel Marx Triangle
    250 feet
  3. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    610 feet
  2. Garden of Love Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,300 feet
  4. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    140 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 252 West 116th Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 116th 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 Records, 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.