Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 134th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 134th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Valley Garden is 150 feet away, and St Philips Church is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 133 St · M2
Within a walk
47 places
18 religious buildings, 7 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 134th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    1,150 feet
    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, 210 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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 132 St 23 docks in all
    540 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. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.7 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 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
30 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and January 2025, 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 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 134th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110603 and 111168.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 136 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1894.

  1. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch Designated landmark
    440 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
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    310 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    320 feet
  3. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    470 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    470 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    580 feet
  4. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    580 feet
  5. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    780 feet
  6. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Valley Garden
    150 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    380 feet
  3. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    430 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    430 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. West 132nd Street Garden
    1,170 feet
  4. 132 St Block Association Park
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    460 feet
Show all 8
  1. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  4. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  5. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    550 feet
Show all 13
  1. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    770 feet
  3. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    780 feet
  4. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    820 feet
  5. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  6. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    960 feet
  7. Friendship Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  8. Abyssinian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  9. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  10. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  3. Community center at Saint Nicholas Community center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    670 feet
  2. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 134th 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 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.