Madison Avenue & East 132nd Street

Madison Avenue and East 132nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lincoln development. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Madison Av/E 132 St · M1
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 132nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 132 St, 120 feet away, for the M1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 510 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1947 and 1959.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lincoln development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 132nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 132nd Street

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

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, Italian Gothic Revival and Venitian Gothic, one each. They were built between 1886 and 1904.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    730 feet
  3. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Fellowship of Learning School
    1,210 feet
  3. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  4. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Playground
    310 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    710 feet
  3. Courtney Callender Playground
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem Rose Garden
    1,180 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    940 feet
  3. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  4. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  5. The Church of the People House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    790 feet
  2. Community center at Lincoln Community center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 132nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.