Park Avenue & East 126th Street

Park Avenue and East 126th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham is 150 feet away, and Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 125 St/Park Av · M101
Within a walk
38 places
9 religious buildings, 9 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 126th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    730 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. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 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 E 125 St/Park Av, 380 feet away, for the M101.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 125 St/Park Av M101
    380 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 126th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 165 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and June 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 126th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of East 126th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate, Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1869 and 1889.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    150 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    540 feet
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  1. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    540 feet
  2. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    780 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    820 feet
  4. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    860 feet
  5. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    1,170 feet
  7. P.S. 138 School
    1,170 feet
  8. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    1,170 feet
  9. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  10. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,280 feet
  11. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
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  1. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    430 feet

Health care

  1. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    580 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    1,290 feet
  3. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    360 feet
  2. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    900 feet
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  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  2. United Moravian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    730 feet
  2. Robinson Community Center
    890 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 126th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.