Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 152nd Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 152nd Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Macomb's Bridge Library is 490 feet away, and P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them playgrounds, and three places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 151 St · M2
Within a walk
20 places
4 playgrounds, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 151 St, 150 feet away, for the M2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 151 St M2
    150 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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 151 St 18 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.5 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
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 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 1928 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 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 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1931 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    670 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
    480 feet
  2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    760 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy School
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 200- the James McCune Smith School
    940 feet
  2. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    270 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    330 feet
  3. Frederick Johnson Playground
    350 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    520 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. Holcombe Rucker Park
    1,010 feet
  4. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,260 feet
  6. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macomb's Bridge Library
    490 feet
  2. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Yankee Stadium Ferry Landing
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 152nd 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.