East 118th Street & Pleasant Avenue

East 118th Street and Pleasant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Los Amigos Garden NYRP is 70 feet away, and Thomas Jefferson Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pleasant Av/E 117 St, is 300 feet away for the M116, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them gardens, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,030 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Pleasant Av/E 117 St · M116
Within a walk
26 places
9 gardens, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 118th Street & Pleasant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pleasant Av/E 117 St, 300 feet away, for the M116.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pleasant Av/E 117 St M116
    300 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 120 St 21 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1,030 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2020

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 118th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 118th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    470 feet
  2. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 206 Jose Celso Barbosa School
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Village Academy Charter High School
    980 feet
  2. Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science School
    990 feet
  3. Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics School
    990 feet
  4. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    70 feet
  2. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    70 feet
  3. P.S. 155 Playground
    880 feet
Show all 13
  1. East Harlem Community Garden
    420 feet
  2. Home Depot Children's Garden
    540 feet
  3. El Barrio Community Garden
    580 feet
  4. East River Esplanade Park
    1,010 feet
  5. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  6. Thomas Jefferson Park
    1,130 feet
  7. Pleasant Park Garden
    1,150 feet
  8. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  9. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    1,220 feet
  10. Diamante Garden / Dimantis Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    340 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 118th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.