Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 150th Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 150th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The stele “Frederick Johnson Memorial” is 150 feet away, and the mural “Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural” is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 150th 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.

  • 3 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
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. 155 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 149 St, 250 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 5 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 June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 20 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
    400 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
    150 feet
  2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School
    560 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Johnson Playground
    100 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    270 feet
  3. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    860 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,260 feet
  3. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Greater Hood Memorial Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Yankee Stadium Ferry Landing
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 14 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 150th 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.