Madison Avenue & East 131st Street

Madison Avenue and East 131st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 360 feet away, and Fellowship of Learning School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Madison Av/E 132 St · M1
Within a walk
34 places
16 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 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. 135 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 132 St, 390 feet away, for the M1.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 132 St M1 · Shelter
    390 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 132 St & Madison Ave 19 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 780 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 131st Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of East 131st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Madison Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1887.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    400 feet
  2. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    460 feet
  3. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fellowship of Learning School
    940 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,030 feet
  4. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  5. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,180 feet
  6. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Playground
    50 feet
  2. Courtney Callender Playground
    560 feet
  3. Harlem Rose Garden
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    980 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Harlem River Park
    1,070 feet
  4. Collyer Brothers Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    440 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    790 feet
  3. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    850 feet
  4. The Church of the People House of worship
    960 feet
  5. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    1,250 feet
  6. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 131st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.