Park Avenue & East 123rd Street

Park Avenue and East 123rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Triborough Finance New Post Office is 330 feet away, and Bethel Church of Christ is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Park Av/E 125 St · M98
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,020 feet
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Open Secret” (1986) by Houston Conwill and “Polyrhythmics of Consciousness and Light” (2003) by Valerie Maynard at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/E 125 St, 470 feet away, for the M98.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/E 125 St M98
    470 feet
    M98

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 124 St 36 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1963 and 1995.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 123rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 123rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1883 and 1889.

  1. Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Mount Morris Bank Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    650 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. M079 - Horan School
    1,000 feet
  2. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground
    610 feet
Show all 9
  1. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    440 feet
  2. Eugene McCabe Field
    610 feet
  3. Life Spire Garden
    710 feet
  4. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    870 feet
  5. Mt. Morris East Playground
    1,090 feet
  6. Dog Run in Marcus Garvey Park Dog run
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    400 feet

Health care

  1. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    470 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    470 feet
  3. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    740 feet
  3. Bethel Church of Christ House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elmendorf Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Chambers Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    330 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Pool Swimming pool
    1,240 feet
  3. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 123rd 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 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.