West 155th Street & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path

West 155th Street and Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rucker Park Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them parks, and three places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Adam C Powell Blvd/W 154 St · M2
Within a walk
14 places
4 parks, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 155th Street & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St B, D
    1,160 feet
    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, 320 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd 31 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

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)

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Harlem River Houses Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Mary Walton Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Holcombe Rucker Park
    110 feet
  2. Percy E. Sutton Playground
    310 feet
  3. Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle
    340 feet
Show all 8
  1. Rucker Park Playground
    470 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park
    890 feet
  3. Family Garden - Polo Grounds Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    1,050 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,180 feet
  5. Frederick Johnson Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Colonial Park Post Office
    480 feet
  2. Community center at Polo Grounds Towers Community center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path or West 155th Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.