East 119th Street & Pleasant Avenue

East 119th Street and Pleasant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Holy Rosary Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Pleasant Village Community Garden is 70 feet away, and Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 120 St/Pleasant Av, is 310 feet away for the M116. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,290 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
E 120 St/Pleasant Av · M116
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 6 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 119th Street & Pleasant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 120 St/Pleasant Av, 310 feet away, for the M116.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 120 St/Pleasant Av M116
    310 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 119th Street and Pleasant Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pleasant Ave & E 120 St 21 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2322 1st Avenue Gas station
    700 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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

This corner is also named Holy Rosary Square, a co-naming enacted on October 11, 1985 (Local Law 60 of 1985).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 196 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 119th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 119th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pleasant Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Pleasant Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 22 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 206 Jose Celso Barbosa School
    560 feet
  3. Village Academy Charter High School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science School
    1,250 feet
  3. Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics School
    1,250 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    1,310 feet
  5. River East Elementary School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    70 feet
  2. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    330 feet
  3. East Harlem Community Garden
    690 feet
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  1. East River Esplanade Park
    750 feet
  2. Home Depot Children's Garden
    810 feet
  3. El Barrio Community Garden
    850 feet
  4. P.S. 155 Playground
    1,140 feet
  5. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    600 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 119th Street or Pleasant Avenue.

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