Lenox Avenue & West 114th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 114th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's King Towers development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. All Souls Church West Harlem is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd · M7, M116
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 114th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    530 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. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    780 feet
    2 3
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Minton's Playhouse (uptown), The Movers and Shakers (downtown)” (1999) by Vincent Smith at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd, 680 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd M7, M116
    680 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 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
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

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 3,300 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 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 March 2019 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Lenox Avenue

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

North side of West 114th Street

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

South side of West 114th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Link Charter School
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S. 185 - the Early Childhood Discovery and Design Magnet School Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. The Locke School of Arts and Engineering School
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    1,210 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    1,210 feet
  4. Clifford Glover 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. Samuel Marx Triangle
    970 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. East 110th Street Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    590 feet
  2. Kings Towers Community Center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 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 114th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.