Edgecombe Avenue & West 136th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 136th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. New Hope SDA Church is 70 feet away, and Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground is 1,150 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 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St · M3
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 250 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
    250 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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St, 280 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St M3
    280 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 137 St 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 136th Street

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

South side of West 136th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 147 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 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

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    260 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    260 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    120 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    130 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    410 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    430 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    950 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    70 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    380 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 136th 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.