Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 122nd Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 122nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named The Black Panther Party Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Washington Apartments, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 122 St · M2
Within a walk
40 places
22 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.3 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
    0.5 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 122 St, 120 feet away, for the M2.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 122 St M2 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1.1 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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

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
27 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: The Black Panther Party Way (Local Law 110 of 2023, enacted on July 23, 2023) and Hermena Rowe Street (Local Law 154 of 2013, enacted on December 30, 2013).

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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 214 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112584 and 112633.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 188 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1891.

  1. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Public School No. 144 (Hans Christian Andersen Complex) Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Theresa Towers Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    520 feet
  2. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    580 feet
  3. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    580 feet
  2. Mott Hall II School
    690 feet
  3. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    940 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    970 feet
  5. Great Tomorrows USA School
    1,180 feet
  6. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    360 feet
  2. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    490 feet
  3. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Little Green Acre (Garden Eight) Garden
    800 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    780 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    1,080 feet
  3. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  4. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  5. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 28th Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Trader Joe's 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 17 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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 122nd 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.