Edgecombe Avenue & West 135th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 135th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St · M3
Within a walk
27 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    70 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St, 50 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 135 St M3
    50 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 134 St 27 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 92 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1897.

  1. New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    290 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    290 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    820 feet
  2. Sequence for Cidz Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    1,280 feet
  4. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    1,280 feet
  5. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    1,280 feet
  6. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    80 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    390 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    500 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Historic site
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    660 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 135th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.