East 116th Street & Pleasant Avenue

East 116th Street and Pleasant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Mt. Carmel Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is 280 feet away, and East River Esplanade is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 116 St/Pleasant Av, is 140 feet away for the M116. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them gardens, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
490 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
E 116 St/Pleasant Av · M116
Within a walk
25 places
8 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 116th Street & Pleasant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 116 St/Pleasant Av, 140 feet away, for the M116.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 116 St/Pleasant Av M116
    140 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pleasant Ave & E 116 St 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 490 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mt. Carmel Square, a co-naming enacted on July 31, 1984 (Local Law 53 of 1984).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mt. Carmel Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 116th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 116th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Pleasant Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Pleasant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1940 and 1942.

  1. Benjamin Franklin High School Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Thomas Jefferson Park.

  1. El Arbol de Esperanza Sculpture by L. Brower Hatcher, 1995
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science School
    450 feet
  3. Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics School
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    620 feet
  2. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    1,020 feet
  3. Keith Haring School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    530 feet
  3. Thomas Jefferson Park
    580 feet
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  1. East Harlem Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Pleasant Park Garden
    600 feet
  3. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    620 feet
  4. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    620 feet
  5. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    680 feet
  6. Home Depot Children's Garden
    730 feet
  7. El Barrio Community Garden
    760 feet
  8. P.S. 155 Playground
    1,150 feet
  9. East River Esplanade Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Thomas Jefferson Pool Swimming pool
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    360 feet

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 116th Street or Pleasant Avenue.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.