Park Avenue & East 109th Street

Park Avenue and East 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Clinton development. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peter Minuit Playground is 80 feet away, and St Cecilia Catholic Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 12 of them schools, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Madison Av/E 109 St · M1
Within a walk
44 places
12 schools, 9 gardens and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St 6
    730 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 116 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 109 St, 660 feet away, for the M1.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 109 St M1 · Shelter
    660 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 111 St 29 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 794 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 7 O'CLOCK ARROW

South side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 5 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 9 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    490 feet
  2. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    510 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 14
  1. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    810 feet
  2. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    870 feet
  3. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    880 feet
  4. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    880 feet
  5. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    970 feet
  6. Agile Learning Center School
    980 feet
  7. Cristo Rey High School
    1,030 feet
  8. Central Park East High School
    1,240 feet
  9. Central Park East I School
    1,240 feet
  10. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    1,240 feet
  11. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Minuit Playground
    80 feet
  2. Villa Santruce Garden
    600 feet
  3. Villa Santurce Garden
    600 feet
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  1. Pa'lante Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. Pueblo Unido Garden
    790 feet
  3. Mission Garden
    830 feet
  4. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    900 feet
  5. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    1,000 feet
  6. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  7. Poor Richard's Playground
    1,090 feet
  8. El Cataño Garden
    1,100 feet
  9. Herb Garden (formerly 111th St. Betterment Assoc.) Garden
    1,120 feet
  10. Bernard Family Playground
    1,220 feet
  11. Mae Grant Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aguilar Library
    1,120 feet
  2. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    870 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. La Casa de Dios Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    400 feet
  2. Clinton Community Center
    460 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lehman Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Hellgate Post Office
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 30 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 109th Street or Park 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.