Madison Avenue & East 120th Street

Madison Avenue and East 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethel Gospel Assembly is 240 feet away, and Emanuel AME Church is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Madison Av/E 121 St · M1
Within a walk
32 places
10 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

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 121 St, 430 feet away, for the M1.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 121 St M1 · Shelter
    430 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 120th Street and Madison Avenue.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 120 St 30 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 120th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 120th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. M079 - Horan School
    300 feet
  2. Helene Fuld College of Nursing College
    300 feet
  3. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    1,260 feet
  2. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Dog Run in Marcus Garvey Park Dog run
    120 feet
  3. Mt. Morris East Playground
    290 feet
Show all 11
  1. Eugene McCabe Field
    310 feet
  2. Peaceful Valley Garden
    830 feet
  3. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    860 feet
  4. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    1,090 feet
  5. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  7. Harlem Art Park
    1,240 feet
  8. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    780 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Fire Watchtower Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Gospel Assembly House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  4. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  5. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    1,170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 25th Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 120th Street or Madison Avenue.

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