Pleasant Avenue & East 114th Street

Pleasant Avenue and East 114th Street meet at a five-way junction in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Thomas Jefferson Park is 40 feet away, and the sculpture “El Arbol de Esperanza” is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 116 St/Pleasant Av, is 680 feet away for the M116, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them gardens, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,020 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
E 116 St/Pleasant Av · M116
Within a walk
23 places
8 gardens, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pleasant Avenue & East 114th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 116 St/Pleasant Av, 680 feet away, for the M116.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 116 St/Pleasant Av M116
    680 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pleasant Ave & E 116 St 23 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1,020 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 139 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 114th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 114th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pleasant Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Pleasant Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne and Georgian Revival, one each, and built between 1935 and 1942.

  1. Benjamin Franklin High School Designated landmark
    310 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Thomas Jefferson Park.

  1. El Arbol de Esperanza Sculpture by L. Brower Hatcher, 1995
    280 feet
  2. Tomorrow's Wind Sculpture by Melvin Edwards, 1995
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science School
    420 feet
  2. Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics School
    420 feet
  3. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Jefferson Park
    40 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    90 feet
  3. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    160 feet
Show all 11
  1. Pleasant Park Garden
    160 feet
  2. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    240 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    700 feet
  4. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    1,070 feet
  5. East Harlem Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  6. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  7. Home Depot Children's Garden
    1,260 feet
  8. El Barrio Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Thomas Jefferson Pool Swimming pool
    660 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Landmark
    950 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2205 1st Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at Jefferson Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    900 feet

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 114th Street, Pleasant Avenue or Thomas Jefferson Park Path.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.