West 120th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

West 120th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy is 160 feet away, and West 123rd Street Community Garden is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 120 St · M2
Within a walk
37 places
18 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 120th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 120 St, 110 feet away, for the M2.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 120 St M2 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 120th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 118 St 27 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1898 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 249 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1896.

  1. Washington Apartments Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Public School No. 144 (Hans Christian Andersen Complex) Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Hotel Cecil & Minton's Playhouse Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    160 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter High School
    450 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mott Hall II School
    450 feet
  2. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    900 feet
  4. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  5. Natural Hair Course NYC Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  6. New York French-American Charter School
    1,200 feet
  7. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    230 feet
  2. Five Star Gardens Garden
    630 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    890 feet
  2. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Hotel Theresa Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    860 feet
  3. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  2. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 120th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.