East 117th Street & Pleasant Avenue

East 117th Street and Pleasant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East Harlem Community Garden is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pleasant Av/E 117 St, is 40 feet away for the M116, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them gardens, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
770 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Pleasant Av/E 117 St · M116
Within a walk
29 places
8 gardens, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 117th Street & Pleasant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pleasant Av/E 117 St, 40 feet away, for the M116.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pleasant Av/E 117 St M116
    40 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 770 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    680 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 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 117th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 117th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pleasant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Pleasant Avenue

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

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
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science School
    730 feet
  3. Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics School
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    730 feet
  2. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 206 Jose Celso Barbosa School
    1,090 feet
  4. Village Academy Charter High School
    1,240 feet
  5. P.S. 155 William Paca School
    1,260 feet
  6. Renaissance School of the Arts School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    250 feet
  2. East Harlem Community Garden
    320 feet
  3. Thomas Jefferson Park
    860 feet
Show all 12
  1. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Home Depot Children's Garden
    440 feet
  3. El Barrio Community Garden
    480 feet
  4. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    780 feet
  5. P.S. 155 Playground
    870 feet
  6. Pleasant Park Garden
    890 feet
  7. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    910 feet
  8. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    960 feet
  9. East River Esplanade Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wagner Community Center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 435 East 120th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    80 feet

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 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 117th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.