Lenox Avenue & West 111th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 111th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Malcolm X Plaza is 180 feet away, and Nutters Battery in Central Park is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd · M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    80 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. 116 St 2, 3
    1,320 feet
    2 3
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Message from Malcolm” (1998) by Maren Hassinger at the 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd, 320 feet away, for the M2, M3 and M4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd M2, M3, M4
    320 feet
    M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …
  3. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 111th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 111 St 36 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 111th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 111th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113112.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Link Charter School
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harlem Academy School
    1,020 feet
  2. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Harlem Link Charter School-Annex School
    1,230 feet
  5. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. East 110th Street Playground
    460 feet
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    670 feet
  2. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    810 feet
  3. Nutters Battery in Central Park Park feature
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    970 feet
  2. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 111th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.