Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 127th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Metropolitan Baptist Church is 360 feet away, and New Design Middle School is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 57 public places, 31 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 127 St · M2
Within a walk
57 places
31 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,270 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 127 St, 140 feet away, for the M2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 127 St M2
    140 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 127th Street.

  • 17 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development.

Since 2014 at least 275 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2026, 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
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 127th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108750 and 112459.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1884.

  1. Theresa Towers Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    220 feet
  2. New Design Middle School
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    470 feet
Show all 12
  1. NY Center for Child Development School
    540 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  4. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    800 feet
  5. Saint Nicholas Child care
    840 feet
  6. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  7. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    980 feet
  8. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    1,220 feet
  9. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    90 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    510 feet
  3. Langston Hughes Playground
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    870 feet
  2. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. CEP Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  4. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    740 feet
  2. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    620 feet
Show all 14
  1. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Prophetic Church House of worship
    970 feet
  4. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  5. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  6. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  7. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  8. Friendship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  9. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  10. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  11. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    540 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    670 feet
  3. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 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 127th 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, 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.