Park Avenue & East 115th Street

Park Avenue and East 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Taft development. The corner is also named Pedro 'Pete' Velez Circle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. La Cuevita Community Garden is 220 feet away, and Villa Santruce is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
E 116 St/Park Av · M102, M116
Within a walk
27 places
7 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    750 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Everything There Is A Season” (2005) by Robert Blackburn at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 116 St/Park Av, 410 feet away, for the M102 and M116.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 116 St/Park Av M102, M116 · Shelter
    410 feet
    M102 M116
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M102 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 115 St & Madison Ave 31 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)

This corner is also named Pedro 'Pete' Velez Circle, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 Taft development.

Since 2014 at least 387 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pedro 'Pete' Velez Circle.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 115th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 115th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (late), and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 7 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Paul the Great Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    780 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson School
    840 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cooke School and Institute School
    970 feet
  2. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,200 feet
  4. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    1,200 feet
  5. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Cuevita Community Garden
    220 feet
  2. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    670 feet
  3. James Weldon Johnson Playground
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Villa Santruce Garden
    910 feet
  2. Villa Santurce Garden
    940 feet
  3. Peaceful Valley Garden
    980 feet
  4. Corozal Family Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Mission Garden
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church Landmark
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  2. Pentecostal Missionary Church Christ the King House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Taft Community center
    840 feet
  2. Johnson Community Center
    1,100 feet
  3. Kings Towers Community Center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 58/Ladder 26 Fire station
    1,250 feet
  2. 25th Precinct Police station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 115th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.