Edgecombe Avenue & West 139th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 139th 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 570 feet away, and Mott Hall High School is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St · M3
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    580 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
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St, 310 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St M3 · Shelter
    310 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 139 St 22 docks in all
    450 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
    0.5 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and April 2022, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 230 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1896.

  1. Shepard Hall (Main Building) Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    680 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    680 feet
  3. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall High School
    1,040 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    260 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    490 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,040 feet
  2. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    250 feet
  3. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    840 feet
  3. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  4. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 139th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.