Madison Avenue & East 109th Street

Madison Avenue and East 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lehman Village development. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Madison Av/E 109 St · M1
Within a walk
36 places
8 schools, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St 6
    1,240 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 109 St, 150 feet away, for the M1.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 109 St M1 · Shelter
    150 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lehman Village development.

Since 2014 at least 433 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114736.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    260 feet
  2. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Central Park East High School
    830 feet
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  1. Central Park East I School
    830 feet
  2. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    830 feet
  3. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    840 feet
  4. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  5. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    1,020 feet
  6. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  7. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  8. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  9. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  10. Harlem Academy School
    1,240 feet
  11. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,250 feet
  12. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pa'lante Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Playground
    460 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 12
  1. Pueblo Unido Garden
    430 feet
  2. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    570 feet
  3. Mission Garden
    690 feet
  4. Bernard Family Playground
    710 feet
  5. Villa Santurce Garden
    900 feet
  6. Villa Santruce Garden
    990 feet
  7. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  8. Mae Grant Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    360 feet
  3. Lehman Community Center
    510 feet
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  1. Clinton Community Center
    970 feet
  2. Community center at Taft Community center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 109th Street or Madison Avenue.

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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.