Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 128th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 128th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Playground South is 70 feet away, and Glendale Baptist Church is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 59 public places, 31 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 128 St · M2
Within a walk
59 places
31 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 128th 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.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    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 128 St, 120 feet away, for the M2.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 128 St M2 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and April 2025, 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 TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 112459.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 48 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Development School
    590 feet
  3. New Design Middle School
    720 feet
Show all 12
  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    380 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  4. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    720 feet
  5. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    960 feet
  6. Saint Nicholas Child care
    970 feet
  7. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  8. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  9. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    70 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Playground
    460 feet
  3. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    760 feet
  2. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,270 feet
  3. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    1,310 feet
  4. Unity Park Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,000 feet
  3. Hotel Theresa Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
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  1. Prophetic Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    790 feet
  4. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    840 feet
  5. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    850 feet
  6. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    910 feet
  7. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    960 feet
  8. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  9. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  10. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,200 feet
  11. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  12. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    590 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    780 feet
  3. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet

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 22 places to eat and 15 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 128th 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, 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.