Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 117th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 117th 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. A Philip Randolph Square is 80 feet away, and Morningside Post Office is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 117th 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
  • 6 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
    1,160 feet
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St, 190 feet away, for the M2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 116 St M2
    190 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 117th Street.

  • 88 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 118 St 27 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 3,600 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 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

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 MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109795.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 112 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1899.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    950 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    970 feet
Show all 12
  1. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    970 feet
  2. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School · landmark
    970 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    990 feet
  4. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  5. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Mott Hall II School
    1,240 feet
  7. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,280 feet
  8. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    1,290 feet
  9. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    80 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    320 feet
  3. Samuel Marx Triangle
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    890 feet
  2. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. West 114th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    430 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 117th 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, 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.