Lenox Avenue & West 112th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 112th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's King Towers development. The corner is also named Tylik Allen Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 420 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Harlem Link Charter School is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd · M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 260 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
    260 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
    1,050 feet
    2 3
  2. 116 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, 580 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
    580 feet
    M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …
  3. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.3 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 420 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,294th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 289 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

This corner is also named Tylik Allen Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's King Towers development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tylik Allen Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 11 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 112th Street

  • Back-in parking only 9 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 112th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113112.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Link Charter School
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Academy School
    970 feet
  2. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    310 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. East 110th Street Playground
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  2. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. Nutters Battery in Central Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  4. Samuel Marx Triangle
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 112th Street.

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