Madison Avenue & East 115th Street

Madison Avenue and East 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Taft development. The corner is also named Justi Barreto Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,268 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Madison Av/E 114 St · M1
Within a walk
26 places
9 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    1,260 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 110 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Everything There Is A Season” (2005) by Robert Blackburn at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 114 St, 240 feet away, for the M1.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 114 St M1 · Shelter
    240 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 115 St & Madison Ave 31 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,268 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 636th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 620 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Justi Barreto Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 Taft development.

Since 2014 at least 371 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Justi Barreto Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 115th Street

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

South side of East 115th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110364.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Cooke School and Institute School
    460 feet
  3. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
Show all 6
  1. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  2. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,270 feet
  3. John Paul the Great Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Cuevita Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Peaceful Valley Garden
    560 feet
  3. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mission Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. James Weldon Johnson Playground
    1,190 feet
  5. Villa Santruce Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. Villa Santurce Garden
    1,230 feet
  7. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    230 feet
  3. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Taft Community center
    330 feet
  2. Kings Towers Community Center
    750 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1428 5th Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 58/Ladder 26 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 115th Street or Madison Avenue.

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