Park Avenue & East 128th Street

Park Avenue and East 128th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Rev. Allen James Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary is 280 feet away, and the 125th Street Plaza is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Madison Av/E 127 St · M1
Within a walk
42 places
14 religious buildings, 9 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,260 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 …

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, 690 feet away, for the M1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 128th Street.

  • 21 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
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    510 feet
  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 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. Allen James Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

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 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. Allen James Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • 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 four Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1864 and 1904.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    280 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    280 feet
  3. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    490 feet
Show all 13
  1. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    580 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Harlem Renaissance High School
    760 feet
  4. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    780 feet
  5. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    850 feet
  6. P.S. 138 School
    850 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    850 feet
  8. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    900 feet
  9. King's Academy School
    1,200 feet
  10. NY Col of Podiatric Medicine College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    570 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    910 feet
  3. Harlem Rose Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Collyer Brothers Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Moore Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Bank Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Fire Hook and Ladder No. 14 Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. True Church of God House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    1,220 feet
  4. First Church of Christ Holiness House of worship
    1,300 feet
  5. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    370 feet
  2. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    1,250 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 128th Street or Park Avenue.

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