Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 148th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 148th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Frederick Johnson Playground is 610 feet away, and P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them playgrounds, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 148 St · M2
Within a walk
18 places
4 playgrounds, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    330 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 148 St, 120 feet away, for the M2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 148 St M2 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 147 St & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd 25 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1926 and 1928.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Frederick Johnson Playground.

  1. Frederick Johnson Memorial Stele by Robert W. Pugh, 1971
    600 feet
  2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy School
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School
    700 feet
  3. Global Community Charter Middle School
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Johnson Playground
    610 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    780 feet
  3. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground and Community Garden (C.G. of West 146th St.) Garden
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground
    900 feet
  2. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. Macomb's Bridge Library
    1,000 feet
  3. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Harlem River Houses Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Hood Memorial Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St Thomas Liberal Catholic Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Union Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 108 West 146th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

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 148th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.