Madison Avenue & East 121st Street

Madison Avenue and East 121st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Marcus Garvey Park is 60 feet away, and Marcus Garvey Pool is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Madison Av/E 121 St · M1
Within a walk
25 places
5 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Open Secret” (1986) by Houston Conwill and “Polyrhythmics of Consciousness and Light” (2003) by Valerie Maynard at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 121 St, 170 feet away, for the M1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Madison Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1988 and 2004.

Trees

NYC Parks records 139 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of East 121st Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 121st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven 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 25 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. M079 - Horan School
    200 feet
  2. Helene Fuld College of Nursing College
    510 feet
  3. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    1,080 feet
  2. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Mt. Morris East Playground
    90 feet
  3. Dog Run in Marcus Garvey Park Dog run
    210 feet
Show all 9
  1. Eugene McCabe Field
    320 feet
  2. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    840 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    870 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    950 feet
  5. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    1,050 feet
  6. Peaceful Valley Garden
    1,090 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Fire Watchtower Listed historic place
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Gospel Assembly House of worship
    490 feet
  2. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Pool Swimming pool
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet
  3. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 121st 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.