Madison Avenue Bridge & 5th Avenue

Madison Avenue Bridge and 5th Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Dr. Billy Taylor Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lincolnton Post Office is 130 feet away, and P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/E 138 St · M1
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue Bridge & 5th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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 5 Av/E 138 St, 120 feet away, for the M1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 138 St M1 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue Bridge Pedestrian & Bike Path.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & 5 Ave 22 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 between 1947 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 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. Billy Taylor Way.

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 September 2016 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 138th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 138th Street

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    750 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Global Community Charter School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William McCray Playground
    470 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    830 feet
  3. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    460 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    130 feet
  2. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, Madison Avenue Bridge, Madison Avenue Bridge Pedestrian & Bike Path or West 138th Street.

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