Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 133rd Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 133rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church is 210 feet away, and Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 54 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 133 St · M2
Within a walk
54 places
25 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 133rd 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 five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 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
    0.3 miles
    B C

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 133 St, 120 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 133 St M2
    120 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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 132 St 23 docks in all
    280 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. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110603 and 112057.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 122 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1892.

  1. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch Designated landmark
    680 feet

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
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    230 feet
  2. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    600 feet
  3. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    600 feet
  4. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    730 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    730 feet
  6. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  7. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    310 feet
  2. Harlem Valley Garden
    410 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    450 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    480 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Playground
    830 feet
  3. West 132nd Street Garden
    910 feet
  4. 132 St Block Association Park
    920 feet
  5. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    290 feet
  3. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
Show all 14
  1. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    650 feet
  3. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  4. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    700 feet
  5. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    710 feet
  6. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    990 feet
  7. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  8. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  9. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  10. Mother AME Zion Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  11. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  3. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    710 feet
  2. 32nd Precinct Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 16 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 133rd 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.