Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 121st Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 121st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Roots Community Garden is 230 feet away, and Mott Hall II is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 121 St · M2
Within a walk
39 places
18 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 121 St, 120 feet away, for the M2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 121 St M2
    120 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 123 St 31 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 212 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 228 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

  1. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Public School No. 144 (Hans Christian Andersen Complex) Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    260 feet
  2. Mott Hall II School
    420 feet
  3. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    630 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    710 feet
  4. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,200 feet
  6. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    230 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    610 feet
  3. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,130 feet
  4. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Hotel Theresa Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    860 feet
  3. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    990 feet
  2. St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 121st 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.