Madison Avenue & East 129th Street

Madison Avenue and East 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East 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, 984 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. All Saints RC Church is 120 feet away, and Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison Av/E 129 St · M1
Within a walk
43 places
20 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 129th 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. 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 129 St, 110 feet away, for the M1.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 129 St M1
    110 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 128 St & Madison Ave 23 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1,300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 984 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 778th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 477 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 129th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of East 129th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1863 and 1904.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    160 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    140 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Harlem Renaissance High School
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    660 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    740 feet
  4. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    770 feet
  5. Fellowship of Learning School
    1,130 feet
  6. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,130 feet
  7. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Playground
    310 feet
  2. Harlem Rose Garden
    390 feet
  3. Collyer Brothers Park
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Courtney Callender Playground
    820 feet
  2. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Harlem River Park
    1,160 feet
  4. Unity Park Garden
    1,220 feet
  5. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
Show all 12
  1. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    850 feet
  3. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    940 feet
  4. The Church of the People House of worship
    1,020 feet
  5. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    1,120 feet
  6. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  7. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  8. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    1,260 feet
  9. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 129th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.