Harlem River Drive & Madison Avenue

Harlem River Drive and Madison Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Abraham Lincoln Playground is 890 feet away, and Global Community Charter School is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
5 Av/E 138 St · M1
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harlem River Drive & Madison Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Day Into Night Into Day” (2021) by Amy Pryor at the 138 St-Grand Concourse station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 138 St, 480 feet away, for the M1.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 138 St M1 · Shelter
    480 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & 5 Ave 22 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Gerard Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1947 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 138th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 138th Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Harlem River Drive

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Harlem River Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    1,150 feet
  3. St Mark the Evangelist School
    1,180 feet
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  1. Global Community Charter School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    890 feet
  2. William McCray Playground
    900 feet
  3. Howard Bennett Playground
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
  2. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    580 feet
  2. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,060 feet
  3. Community center at Lincoln Community center
    1,090 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Harlem River Drive or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.