West 153rd Street & Macombs Place

West 153rd Street and Macombs Place meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Matthews Baptist Church is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St · M2
Within a walk
17 places
5 playgrounds, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 153rd Street & Macombs Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St, 440 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St M2
    440 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    510 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. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1920 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the eastern redbud and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Macombs Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1936 and 1937.

  1. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    150 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
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    120 feet
  2. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    510 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden
    710 feet
Show all 10
  1. Holcombe Rucker Park
    760 feet
  2. Bradhurst Community Garden of Love Garden
    860 feet
  3. Playground 152 CLII Playground
    860 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    860 feet
  5. Rucker Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  6. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,190 feet
  7. Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Matthew Henson Residence Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 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.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Place or West 153rd 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.