West 139th Street & Pedestrian Path

West 139th Street and Pedestrian Path meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the St. Nicholas Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. College Post Office is 390 feet away, and Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about five minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St · M10
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 139th Street & Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    1,290 feet
    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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D
  2. 135 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St, 390 feet away, for the M10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 138 St M10
    390 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 139 St 22 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 125 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the St. Nicholas Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 424 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School
    810 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 School
    810 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    960 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    970 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,280 feet
  2. Fred Samuel Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Nicholas Historic District Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Will Marion Cook House Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Dorrence Brooks Square Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Congregational Church Harlem Landmark
    480 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Methodist Church Landmark
    690 feet
  3. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church Landmark
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Post Office
    390 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Pedestrian Path or West 139th Street.

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, 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.