Edgecombe Avenue & West 141st Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 141st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Nicholas Park is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St · M3
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 141st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    1,100 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
    1,320 feet
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St, 290 feet away, for the M3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 141 St M3
    290 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Edgecombe Ave & W 141 St 21 docks in all
    70 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 141st Street

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

South side of West 141st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 128 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1898.

  1. St. James Community House Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 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
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo School
    1,130 feet
  3. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    340 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    570 feet
  3. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    440 feet
  3. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    650 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    800 feet
  3. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  4. Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  5. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Drew - Hamilton Community center
    1,090 feet
  2. College Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 16/Engine 69/Ladder 28 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 141st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.