Bradhurst Avenue & West 153rd Street

Bradhurst Avenue and West 153rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playground 152 CLII is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them parks, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St · M10
Within a walk
17 places
4 parks, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bradhurst Avenue & West 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St, 450 feet away, for the M10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 153 St M10 · Shelter
    450 feet
    M10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd 31 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 3,000 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 1910 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bradhurst Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    50 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    50 feet
  3. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    270 feet
Show all 10
  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    470 feet
  2. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    670 feet
  3. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    860 feet
  4. Highbridge Park
    930 feet
  5. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    940 feet
  6. Holcombe Rucker Park
    950 feet
  7. Rucker Park Playground
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    990 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Foodtown 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 six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bradhurst Avenue or West 153rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.