Edgecombe Avenue & West 140th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 140th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Calvary Methodist Church is 100 feet away, and Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 139 St · M3
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    840 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, 430 feet away, for the M3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 141 St 21 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 54 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

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

North side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 181 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

  1. St. James Community House Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    420 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    420 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    1,300 feet
  2. Mott Hall High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    320 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    330 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    390 feet
  3. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Marks Methodist Church Landmark
    670 feet
  2. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  4. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  5. Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 140th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.