Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 124th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 124th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Bishop William Lee Bonner Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Refuge Temple Church is 120 feet away, and West 123rd Street Community Garden is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 123 St · M2
Within a walk
41 places
20 religious buildings, 9 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    1,160 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

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 123 St, 320 feet away, for the M2.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 123 St M2
    320 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1 mile 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

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
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Bishop William Lee Bonner Square (Local Law 92 of 2016, enacted on August 3, 2016) and Sugar Ray Robinson Corner (Local Law 37 of 1989, enacted on June 1, 1989).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 489 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East 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 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

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 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 124th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of West 124th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112268, 113064 and 114547.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 81 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1889.

  1. Theresa Towers Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Public School No. 144 (Hans Christian Andersen Complex) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    180 feet
  2. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    420 feet
  3. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    1,040 feet
Show all 12
  1. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,050 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    1,080 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    1,080 feet
  4. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    1,100 feet
  5. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    1,100 feet
  6. Mott Hall II School
    1,210 feet
  7. Great Tomorrows USA School
    1,280 feet
  8. New Design Middle School
    1,290 feet
  9. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    730 feet
  2. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. West 124th Street Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    320 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    400 feet
  3. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    960 feet
Show all 9
  1. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  4. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  5. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  6. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 124th 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.