Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 129th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Nicholas development. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Salem United Methodist Church is 150 feet away, and NY Center for Child Development is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 61 public places, 34 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 129 St · M2
Within a walk
61 places
34 religious buildings, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 129th 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 seven 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 129 St, 170 feet away, for the M2.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 129 St M2
    170 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 130 St 22 docks in all
    350 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 107 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1886.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Malls.

  1. Tree of Hope III Sculpture by Algernon Miller, 1972
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 public places.

  • 34 religious buildings
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 museums
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    710 feet
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  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    630 feet
  2. Saint Nicholas Child care
    720 feet
  3. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  4. NY Center for Child Development School
    850 feet
  5. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  6. New Design Middle School
    980 feet
  7. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    980 feet
  8. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  9. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,270 feet
  10. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    90 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Playground
    200 feet
  3. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    360 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    1,260 feet
  4. St. Nicholas Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,110 feet
  3. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    210 feet
  3. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet
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  1. Prophetic Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    600 feet
  4. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    640 feet
  5. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet
  6. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    860 feet
  7. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    910 feet
  8. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  9. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  10. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  11. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,240 feet
  12. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    520 feet
  2. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  3. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

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 129th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.