Macombs Place & West 154th Street

Macombs Place and West 154th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 547 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Colonial Park Post Office is 170 feet away, and Bradhurst Community Garden of Love is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them playgrounds, and five places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St · M2
Within a walk
20 places
5 playgrounds, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macombs Place & West 154th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St, 140 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St M2
    140 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macombs Pl & W 152 St 33 docks in all
    800 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 547 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,131st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 391 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Macombs Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 154th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 154th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1936 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    110 feet
  2. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    210 feet
  3. Holcombe Rucker Park
    460 feet
Show all 12
  1. Rucker Park Playground
    810 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,060 feet
  4. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    1,150 feet
  6. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    1,160 feet
  7. Macombs Dam Park
    1,240 feet
  8. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    1,250 feet
  9. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macomb's Bridge Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    170 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path, Macombs Place or West 154th Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.