Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 137th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 137th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named New York Rens Court by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mother AME Zion Church is 350 feet away, and P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 137 St · M2
Within a walk
36 places
13 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 137th 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 137 St, 160 feet away, for the M2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 137 St M2 · Shelter
    160 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.8 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named New York Rens Court, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on New York Rens Court.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111356.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 326 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Georgian Eclectic. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    1,080 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    500 feet
  2. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    750 feet
  3. Harlem Valley Garden
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fred Samuel Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    1,250 feet
  4. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    910 feet
  4. Countee Cullen Library Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  5. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    400 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  4. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  5. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  6. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    730 feet
  2. College Post Office
    1,110 feet
  3. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 11 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 137th 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.