Park Avenue & East 127th Street

Park Avenue and East 127th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce is 280 feet away, and Harlem River Park is 1,160 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 38 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Madison Av/E 127 St · M1
Within a walk
38 places
12 religious buildings, 9 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,000 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
    1,000 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
    0.5 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 Madison Av/E 127 St, 590 feet away, for the M1.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 127 St M1 · Shelter
    590 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 128 St & Madison Ave 23 docks in all
    760 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 127th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of East 127th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1889.

  1. Mount Morris Bank Building Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    280 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    280 feet
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  1. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    330 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,020 feet
  4. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    1,040 feet
  5. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,040 feet
  6. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    1,080 feet
  7. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    1,110 feet
  8. P.S. 138 School
    1,110 feet
  9. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    1,110 feet
  10. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,120 feet
  11. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    830 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Harlem Rose Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    690 feet

Health care

  1. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    620 feet
  2. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    1,040 feet
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  1. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    630 feet
  2. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    990 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 127th 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.