West 151st Street & Macombs Place

West 151st Street and Macombs Place meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Matthews Baptist Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Harlem-148 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Harlem-148 St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St · M10
Within a walk
20 places
5 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 151st Street & Macombs Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Harlem-148 St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    1,280 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St, 400 feet away, for the M10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 152 St M10
    400 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macombs Pl & W 152 St 33 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10039
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1910 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Macombs Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Macombs Place

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 151st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 151st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1926 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Dunbar Apartments Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground.

  1. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Mural Mural, 1992
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
    300 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    570 feet
  3. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    680 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    710 feet
  3. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    760 feet
  4. Frederick Johnson Playground
    770 feet
  5. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    860 feet
  6. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    1,090 feet
  7. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Macomb's Bridge Library
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Macombs Unit House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    750 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #6 Police station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Place or West 151st 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.