Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 126th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 126th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Five Percenters Allah & Justice Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center is 400 feet away, and P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 125 St · M2
Within a walk
54 places
29 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 126th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,150 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
    1,150 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 125 St, 220 feet away, for the M2.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 125 St M2
    220 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 126 St 33 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 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

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
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 is also named Five Percenters Allah & Justice Square, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 478 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Five Percenters Allah & Justice Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and June 2026; 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of West 126th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYS LOTTERY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 126th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108750, 111597 and 114359.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1884 and 1914.

  1. Theresa Towers Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 29 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    480 feet
  2. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    530 feet
  3. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    710 feet
Show all 10
  1. New Design Middle School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    730 feet
  3. NY Center for Child Development School
    810 feet
  4. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  5. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  6. Saint Nicholas Child care
    1,110 feet
  7. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    350 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    600 feet
  3. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. CEP Community Garden
    950 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Playground
    980 feet
  3. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,270 feet
  5. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    480 feet
  2. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 11
  1. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  4. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    1,100 feet
  5. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  6. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  7. Prophetic Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  8. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    400 feet
  2. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    810 feet
  3. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 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 126th 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, NYCHA, 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.