Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 136th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 136th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Tuskegee Airman Dabney N. Montgomery Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 135 St · M2
Within a walk
37 places
13 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,120 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
    1,120 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, 200 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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
    460 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
31 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Tuskegee Airman Dabney N. Montgomery Place, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

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 1928.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tuskegee Airman Dabney N. Montgomery Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110479 and 112170.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 241 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1898.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    820 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    880 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    1,140 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    1,140 feet
  4. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Valley Garden
    570 feet
  2. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    760 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    990 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    990 feet
  3. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    1,010 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    940 feet
  4. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    400 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    660 feet
Show all 9
  1. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  4. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  5. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  6. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 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 136th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.