Park Avenue & East 118th Street

Park Avenue and East 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Firefighter William E. Woodlon Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church is 320 feet away, and Rehoboth Christian Church is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Madison Av/E 118 St · M1
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    1,010 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 116 St 2, 3
    0.5 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 Madison Av/E 118 St, 590 feet away, for the M1.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 118 St M1
    590 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 118 St & Park Ave 27 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2322 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, December 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter William E. Woodlon Place, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter William E. Woodlon Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 118th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 118th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 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 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Paul the Great Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    470 feet
  2. P.S. M079 - Horan School
    1,030 feet
  3. Helene Fuld College of Nursing College
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    200 feet
  2. Olga's El Gallo Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. Eugene McCabe Field
    610 feet
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  1. Peaceful Valley Garden
    680 feet
  2. La Cuevita Community Garden
    910 feet
  3. Corozal Family Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  6. Dog Run in Marcus Garvey Park Dog run
    1,130 feet
  7. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  8. Harlem Art Park
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    1,060 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church Landmark
    320 feet
  2. Rehoboth Christian Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Bethel Gospel Assembly House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. God 3 Ave Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  4. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 25th Precinct Police station
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 118th 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, NYC Records, 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.