Lenox Avenue & West 115th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's King Towers development. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Memorial Baptist Church is 690 feet away, and Kings Towers Community Center is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd · M7, M116
Within a walk
26 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    270 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
    1,030 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, 430 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 74 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
    60 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 115th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of West 115th Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109226 and 111687.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built in 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    950 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School
    1,310 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Harlem West School
    1,310 feet
  4. Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    310 feet
  2. Samuel Marx Triangle
    820 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Malcolm X Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    850 feet
  2. Kings Towers Community Center
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 115th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.