Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 132nd Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 132nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Leonard Harper Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Aloysius RC Church is 220 feet away, and the 133rd Swing Street Garden is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 57 public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 132 St · M2
Within a walk
57 places
28 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 132nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    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. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 132 St, 130 feet away, for the M2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 132 St M2 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 132 St 23 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
28 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Leonard Harper Way, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).

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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Leonard Harper Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 132nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110342 and 113711.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 156 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
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    490 feet
  3. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    840 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    860 feet
  4. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    860 feet
  5. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    990 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    990 feet
  7. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Langston Hughes Playground
    570 feet
  2. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    570 feet
  3. West 132nd Street Garden
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. 132 St Block Association Park
    660 feet
  2. Harlem Valley Garden
    670 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    710 feet
  4. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    740 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    870 feet
  6. Love Garden - Saint Nicholas Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    230 feet
  3. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    290 feet
Show all 16
  1. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet
  4. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    730 feet
  5. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  6. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    850 feet
  7. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    900 feet
  8. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    980 feet
  9. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  10. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  11. Prophetic Church House of worship
    1,300 feet
  12. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet
  13. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    500 feet
  2. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    700 feet
  3. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    960 feet
  2. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    40 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 19 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 132nd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.