Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 118th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Graham Court Apartments, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 430 feet away, and Luigi's Garden of Love is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 119 St · M2
Within a walk
36 places
16 religious buildings, 8 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    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 119 St, 390 feet away, for the M2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 119 St M2
    390 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 118th Street.

  • 68 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1900 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 112871.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 177 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    690 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    730 feet
Show all 11
  1. Mott Hall II School
    970 feet
  2. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. City Seminary of NY Graduate Ctr. College
    1,140 feet
  4. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,230 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,230 feet
  6. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School
    1,230 feet
  7. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    1,290 feet
  8. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    340 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    490 feet
  3. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    800 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Luigi's Garden of Love Garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Corinthian Baptist Church Landmark
    690 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Post Office
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 21 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 118th 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.