Madison Avenue & East 135th Street

Madison Avenue and East 135th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lincoln development. The corner is also named Dr. John L.S. Holloman Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool is 270 feet away, and Hansborough Recreation Center is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and five places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
E 135 St/Madison Av · Bx33
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 135 St/Madison Av, 20 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 135 St/Madison Av Bx33 · Shelter
    20 feet
    Bx33
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 135 St 21 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1,210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

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
10 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. John L.S. Holloman Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 in 1947.

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

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. John L.S. Holloman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

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

West side of Madison Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    100 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    800 feet
  3. Moore Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    1,250 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    270 feet
  2. Community center at Lincoln Community center
    500 feet
  3. Hansborough Recreation Center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 135th Street or Madison Avenue.

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