Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 135th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 135th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named James Weldon Johnson Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 69 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3.

Safety record
40 hurt
69 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 135 St · M2
Within a walk
42 places
17 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    910 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 135 St, 60 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 135 St M2 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 138 St 23 docks in all
    730 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
    0.6 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 69 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 40 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 14 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

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

This corner is also named James Weldon Johnson Plaza, a co-naming enacted on July 17, 2009 (Local Law 46 of 2009).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1928.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on James Weldon Johnson Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and September 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 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 135th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111168 and 112170.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 157 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 2 libraries
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    540 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    540 feet
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  1. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    600 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. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Valley Garden
    300 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    660 feet
  3. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    710 feet
  2. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    200 feet
  3. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    350 feet
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  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    890 feet
  4. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    500 feet
  3. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    650 feet
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  1. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  4. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  5. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    1,060 feet
  6. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,100 feet
  7. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  8. Friendship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    590 feet
  2. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

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 135th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.