Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 130th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 130th 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. Langston Hughes Playground is 70 feet away, and Friendship Baptist Church is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 57 public places, 29 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 130 St · M2
Within a walk
57 places
29 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 130th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 130 St, 110 feet away, for the M2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 130 St M2
    110 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 102 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
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West 130th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 153 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1889.

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
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School
    970 feet
Show all 12
  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    900 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Saint Nicholas Child care
    980 feet
  4. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,010 feet
  5. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  6. NY Center for Child Development School
    1,110 feet
  7. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. New Design Middle School
    1,240 feet
  9. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Langston Hughes Playground
    70 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    350 feet
  3. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    620 feet
Show all 10
  1. 132 St Block Association Park
    1,080 feet
  2. West 132nd Street Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    1,090 feet
  4. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,260 feet
  3. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  3. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    380 feet
Show all 13
  1. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    650 feet
  4. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  5. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  6. Prophetic Church House of worship
    780 feet
  7. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  8. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  9. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  10. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    690 feet
  3. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 20 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 130th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.