Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 149th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 149th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dunbar Apartments, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 180 feet away, and Frederick Douglass Academy is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them playgrounds, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 149 St · M2
Within a walk
19 places
5 playgrounds, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    80 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 149 St, 80 feet away, for the M2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 149 St M2 · Shelter
    80 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 151 St 18 docks in all
    530 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 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 are two Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1926 and 1937.

  1. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    650 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
    350 feet
  2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy School
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School
    440 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Global Community Charter Middle School
    1,060 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Johnson Playground
    360 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    530 feet
  3. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    930 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    1,120 feet
  2. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground and Community Garden (C.G. of West 146th St.) Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Robert L. Clinkscales Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,250 feet
  5. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Macomb's Bridge Library
    740 feet
  3. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Hood Memorial Church House of worship
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 149th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.