West 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

West 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named African Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 88 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,723 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Theresa Towers, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
68 hurt
88 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 125 St · M2
Within a walk
47 places
25 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    910 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 125 St, 80 feet away, for the M2.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 125 St M2 · Shelter
    80 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

West 125th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 126 St 33 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 88 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 68 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 14 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2012
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015
  • Turn calming, June 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,723 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 53rd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 837 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on West 125th Street2,625700
Westbound on West 125th Street1,098137
Total3,723837

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
24 feet above sea level

This corner carries three co-namings: African Square (Local Law 15 of 1983, enacted on May 5, 1983), Elombe Brath Way (Local Law 110 of 2017, enacted on June 24, 2017) and Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan Way (Local Law 24 of 2019, enacted on January 20, 2019).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 487 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 12 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 125th Street (south side).

East side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of West 125th Street

  • Metered parking 11 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110167, 111597, 112266 and 113064.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1890.

  1. Theresa Towers Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    430 feet
  3. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. New Design Middle School
    1,010 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School
    1,010 feet
  3. NY Center for Child Development School
    1,090 feet
  4. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  5. Utopia Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    630 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    880 feet
  3. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 9
  1. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. West 124th Street Community Garden
    1,220 feet
  3. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  4. CEP Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  5. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,260 feet
  6. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    300 feet
  2. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Apollo Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. United House of Prayer for All People House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Trinity AME Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  4. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  5. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  6. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    1,240 feet
  7. Soul Saving Christ Crusade House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    430 feet
  2. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    560 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard or West 125th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, 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.