Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 153rd Street

Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and West 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle is 80 feet away, and Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them playgrounds, and three places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St · M2
Within a walk
16 places
4 playgrounds, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard & West 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    1,120 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St, 70 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 153 St M2
    70 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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
    590 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. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1936 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) Designated landmark
    800 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
    730 feet
  2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    80 feet
  2. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    80 feet
  3. Frederick Johnson Playground
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Holcombe Rucker Park
    760 feet
  2. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    770 feet
  3. Rucker Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macomb's Bridge Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 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 six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 153rd Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.