Park Avenue & East 129th Street

Park Avenue and East 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Robinson Community Center is 350 feet away, and Second Corinthian Baptist Church is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Madison Av/E 129 St · M1
Within a walk
32 places
12 religious buildings, 9 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    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 129 St, 600 feet away, for the M1.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 129 St M1
    600 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 18 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, 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)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 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 129th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 129th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 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 two Individual Landmarks, and four 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
    380 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    520 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    540 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    540 feet
Show all 12
  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    640 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    850 feet
  4. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,020 feet
  6. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    1,110 feet
  7. P.S. 138 School
    1,110 feet
  8. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    1,110 feet
  9. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    560 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    650 feet
  3. Moore Playground
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem Rose Garden
    900 feet
  2. Collyer Brothers Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Bank Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 129th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.