Lenox Avenue & West 113th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 113th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's King Towers development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground is 70 feet away, and Samuel Marx Triangle is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Central Park North/Malcolm X Blvd · M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 113th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    520 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
    790 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, 840 feet away, for the M2, M3 and M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …
  3. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 115 St 31 docks in all
    540 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
    0.9 miles
  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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 113th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 113th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Link Charter School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem Academy School
    1,230 feet
  2. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    70 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. East 110th Street Playground
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Samuel Marx Triangle
    1,120 feet
  2. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 113th Street.

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