Park Avenue & East 131st Street

Park Avenue and East 131st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 189 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Moore Playground is 550 feet away, and P.S. 133 Fred R Moore is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Madison Av/E 132 St · M1
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 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 132 St, 900 feet away, for the M1.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 132 St M1 · Shelter
    900 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 132 St & Madison Ave 19 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 320 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 189 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,646th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

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 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 131st Street

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

South side of East 131st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, Italian Gothic Revival and Venitian Gothic, one each. They were built between 1886 and 1904.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    970 feet
  3. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,060 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,060 feet
  3. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Playground
    550 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    560 feet
  3. Courtney Callender Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    880 feet
  2. Community center at Lincoln Community center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 131st Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.