Edgecombe Avenue & West 155th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 155th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jackie Robinson Park is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 155 St · M2
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 155th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    290 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. C …
Downtown
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edgecombe Av/W 155 St, 60 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 155 St M2
    60 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Edgecombe Avenue.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harlem River Dr & W 155 St 24 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
30 and 32 and 33 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 TUESDAY SATURDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 155th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 155th Street

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1911.

  1. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    770 feet
  3. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    90 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    250 feet
  3. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    400 feet
Show all 13
  1. Wright Brothers Playground
    540 feet
  2. Bushman Steps Park
    600 feet
  3. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    660 feet
  4. William A. Harris Garden
    730 feet
  5. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    780 feet
  6. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    920 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    980 feet
  8. Holcombe Rucker Park
    1,040 feet
  9. Rucker Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  10. Convent Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    140 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 155th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.