Edgecombe Avenue & West 137th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 137th Street meet at a four-way crossing in 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. Dorrance Brooks Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St · M3
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 137th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    60 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
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St, 130 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 137 St M3
    130 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
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.9 miles 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
    0.6 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, June 2021

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

North side of West 137th Street

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

South side of West 137th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 226 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1897.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    520 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    520 feet
  3. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    1,200 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dorrance Brooks Square
    50 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    180 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    640 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    930 feet
  3. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    220 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 137th Street.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.